Quietly Released Energy Dept. Report Admits Mistake in Canceling Keystone XL Pipeline
A congressionally mandated Keystone XL Pipeline report reveals the energy project would have added significantly more economic benefit than earlier estimated.
“The Biden administration finally owned up to what we have known all along — killing the Keystone XL Pipeline cost good-paying jobs, hurt Montana’s economy and was the first step in the Biden administration’s war on oil and gas production in the United States,” Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT) said in a Thursday statement. “Unfortunately, the administration continues to pursue energy production anywhere but the United States.”
The Keystone XL report, completed in late December without public announcement, acknowledges the pipeline project would have created between 16,149 and 59,000 jobs. Keystone would have also added an economic impact of between $3.4-9.6 billion, the report revealed, citing various studies.
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[quote]Quietly Released Energy Dept. Report Admits [b]Mistake[/b] in Canceling Keystone XL Pipeline[/quote]
Except the report doesn't make a value judgement at all. Instead it says that this is just the conclussion of a policy-choice. If you consider your benefits on a global scale to be less important then short term benefits on a local scale that's a political choice. Not a mistake.
As the report says at the end:
[quote]On January 20, 2021, President Biden issued Executive Order 13990, in which he stated that the KXL project was not in the U.S. national interest as its construction and operation would not be consistent with U.S. climate goals. President Biden revoked the Presidential Permit to build the pipeline in January 2021 and, in June 2021, TC Energy halted construction44 and canceled the KXL project. TC Energy has stated publicly, as recently as March 2022, that it does not plan to revive the KXL project[/quote]
So this idea that the report calls this a "mistake" is just blatantly false. The mistake part is just your own narrative. ... well, in your case, it's not even your own narrative, it's the narrative of rich people that have huge stakes in the oil business, that influences your media diet and that you have adopted as your own. Because you are a gullible person.
@Kwek00 There is also the fact that most of the numbers in such a report are coming from what amounted to the sales pitch of a foreign company. Yes I know Americans are confused that Alberta is not in the US. So these numbers were based on internal numbers released by the company itself after it was cancelled suggests they were exaggerating a bit to sell the idea to the Americans.
The majority of the jobs would have been temporary construction work and the overall long term jobs if memory serves was about 200. Basically inspectors to monitor the new stretch of pipeline.
Also the amount of oil was a drop in the bucket for it's impact on the US market particularly since most oil once refined goes to whoever pays the most not just the domestic market. Most Canadian oil refined on the Gulf Coast was going to places like China.
Also most of the money generated would have also gone to a Canadian mega corporation.
Oh and another fun fact, Canadian oil companies own most of the fracking operations in the border states and were bought out about a decade ago now.
@Baremine That might be your opinion, but it's deff. not in the report or even it's conclussion. Not to mention the "quietly released part", like the Hill has been talking about this from early januari.
Also, you should really seek some proffesional help to help you out with your worldview. Being this detached from reality isn't healthy.
