It might create up to 40,000 jobs and about half of those would be permanent to pipeline maintenance. The other jobs would be secondary and tertiary jobs created as people moving into the path of the pipeline need basic goods services and then there would be industry support jobs. So i can see about 40,000 max until you get down to the Gulf coast. where they would have to build port facilities and/or expand refinerycapacity. However, it is completely irresponsible fearmongering on your part to claim that installing the pipeline could endanger the agricultural livelihood of the states it crosses jeopardizing a half million jobs. Sir your claim and GLI's is patently false! Do you even know how wide the disturbance area is for a pipeline the size of the proposed KXL? I do and the impact is a path lesss than 100 foot wide if done correctly and fully recovered in 3 years depending on climate and soils. The agency that oversees pipelines sets the standards for installation and reclamation standards. As for your claim that the State department said there would be 35 permanent jobs and 15 temporary jobs as a result of KXL again you are either lying or this was a serious typo that you are misrepresenting. I don't believe 100,000 jobs are going to be created by KXL and I support its development, but if you are going to win people to your side, you might want to try doing so with some integrity and unemotional facts. I watched 2 5' diameter pipes being laid next to each other for 200 miles in Utah and Wyoming and their only telltale sign was a 40 foot width of reclaimed wildflowers. KXL can be done responsibly and should be done responsibly.
I'm amazed at all the hate here. Like any big company, Google needs to get along with everybody, and contributes to both sides (all sides; there are more than two). Google is well known to be supportive of the Democratic Party, and left-of-center causes in general - but I think it's really unreasonable to expect them to stiff the other side completely - they'll just get stiffed back, eventually.
Besides (and I know I'm really crossing a line here), have you ever considered that the people on the other side of the political divide might be decent, well-meaning people, even if they're wrong? I mean, it could happen, at least in theory. :-) Maybe reasoned arguments would be more useful than brickbats. [Ah, I'm a crazy idealist.]
EB eggs have thin brittle shells and they truly taste awful. Interesting that it crossed my mind too that these chickens are probably being badly fed and treated.
Most consumers are willing to pay extra for eggs that are humanely farmed.
How do we as consumers get to know which providers treat their animals well? Does such a resource exist?
Lobbying should be illegal unless it is done in full view of the people. We, the people need to hear what is being done and said at these meetings. And I'd like some of that food and drink and cigars that are being given freely to people who already can afford their own. If $70 a day isn't enough to eat on, why am I receiving only $15 a month in food stamps? In Texas, if you receive less than a thousand dollars a month, you get $15 in food stamps when the average apartment in Houston is $1400 a month?
EB eggs have thin brittle shells and they truly taste awful. Interesting that it crossed my mind too that these chickens are probably being badly fed and treated.
Most consumers are willing to pay extra for eggs that are humanely farmed.
How do we as consumers get to know which providers treat their animals well? Does such a resource exist?
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