The news has come out that the State Department will most likely approve construction of the Keystone pipeline that will funnel oil from Canada through the United States on 1,200 miles of pipeline, and then right out of America into the world. And while the oil money goes to Canada, don’t you economically anxious Republicans worry—there are potentially 35 new jobs that may be divided up through about 6 states!
"It's a great day for American jobs," Trump said from the Oval Office on Friday after the State Department issued a permit allowing the pipeline proposed by TransCanada to go forward.
"Today, we take one more step towards putting the jobs, wages and economic security of American citizens first," the president said.
See? Unpopular president and pathologically deceitful person Donald Trump said “great day” and “American jobs.”
The construction of the pipeline would indeed create thousands of jobs. But they will be temporary. The Alberta-to-Nebraska pipeline would create about 3,900 jobs if it was built in one year, according to a State Department report. That number would drop to 1,950 jobs if Keystone takes two years to build.
The report also estimated that only 35 permanent employees would be needed in addition to 15 temporary contractors to operate Keystone.
You know what sounds super sexy? “15 temporary contractors.” Oh man, I want some of that work! Who needs coal when we got oil?
In unrelated news,the renewable energy industry continues to outpace job creation in the United States.