Keystone Pipeline Persuasive Essay

No one really knows what is to come in the next few months before Trump takes office, he hasn’t made a statement yet about whether or not he would continue to push for the NDPL construction. But according to John Paul Brammer, “ Though he has said he would reinstate construction on the Keystone XL Pipeline.” Imagine if Trump plans to reinstate the keystone pipeline, that he wouldn't want to continue with the NDPL also. According to the Huffington post Donald Trump has stock ownership of the pipeline but “has nothing to do with his personal investments and everything to do with promoting policies that benefit all Americans,” (Michael Mclaughlin) We just hope that he will stop the NDPL. Hopefully he will do what is best for America and not best for his personal investments.

The solution to the pipeline problem is to keep using railroads to transport oil and possibly making them safer.

According to Dan Molinski, “Trains tend to spill a smaller amount of oil than other forms of transport.” That means that even though spills do happen on occasion they tend to be smaller than than using a pipeline that may stretch for miles. Also the International Energy Agency study said “that from 2004-12 there were six times as many rail spills as pipeline spills, but “the average pipeline spill was far graver.” “For instance, Ed Greenberg, spokesman for the Association of American Railroads, says that for trains last year “84% of the non accident releases involved spills of less than five gallons.” ( Dan Molinski) The better option is very clear, keep using railways it is less damaging to the environment and it can also be improved to make it

safer.
In conclusion, yes, building the pipeline will create thousands of jobs, stimulating our economy. But, what happens if that pipe bursts? We will spend thousands more in efforts to clean up the spill. It will have a huge effect on our environment, destroying land and contamination drinking water. It is also estimated to cost $3.8 billion to construct the pipeline. That is a lot of money in this already crippling economy that could spent making the railway transportation safer. Lastly, building this pipeline would essentially be breaking the treaty we made with the Sioux tribe and take away their sacred and promised land. Luckily, however, as of now, the pipeline has been halted. So, until Trump is in office and makes a decision, we are safe for yet another day and let’s hope he will choose to invest that 3.8 billion dollars in making our railways safer for our environment and our people.