Past VS Future: The Dakota Access Pipeline
The Dakota Access is a pipeline that will carry 7.4 billion barrels of oil a day to be used from North Dakota to Illinois. The pipe will run under 22 bodies of water, and one of them is Lake Oahu in South Dakota. Lake Oahu is the main water source for the Standing Rock Reservation, and the Native Americans living there worry the pipe might pollute the lake and disrupt sacred burial grounds. The Dakota Access will provide us oil in places where we need it, but it could also damage historical and natural sites, and the two sides continue to fight about what is most important.
The $3.7 billion pipeline, that will run 1,200 miles, will transfer oil all throughout America. Eight thousand jobs will be created …show more content…
It could possibly pollute the main water source for the Standing Rock Reservation and damage their burial grounds. The Native Americans living there are fighting against building the pipeline to save their water and their history. There are many people behind the protest. “More than 200 Native American tribes pledged their support last year, in the largest coming together of indigenous peoples in the US in decades, perhaps centuries” (BBC News, 2017). These Native Americans were able to put the pipeline on a temporary stop. However, we should also think about what this pipeline will do for us in the future. The pipeline will take billions of dollars to build when we should be putting this money into clean and renewable energy. Fossil fuel is not going to last us forever, so we should start making the switch to clean and renewable energy. The Dakota Access will hurt many people's’ lives and our country.
The Dakota Access has plenty of benefits and great deal of downsides ,but decision must be made. President Trump signed two presidential memos that back the Dakota and Keystone Xl pipeline. “I’m 100 percent sure that the pipeline will be approved by a Trump administration," (CEO Kelcy Warren of Energy Transfer Partners). The pipeline will likely be completed, but is it really worth what it will do for the future and to the history of our
The Dakota Access is a pipeline that will carry 7.4 billion barrels of oil a day to be used from North Dakota to Illinois. The pipe will run under 22 bodies of water, and one of them is Lake Oahu in South Dakota. Lake Oahu is the main water source for the Standing Rock Reservation, and the Native Americans living there worry the pipe might pollute the lake and disrupt sacred burial grounds. The Dakota Access will provide us oil in places where we need it, but it could also damage historical and natural sites, and the two sides continue to fight about what is most important.
The $3.7 billion pipeline, that will run 1,200 miles, will transfer oil all throughout America. Eight thousand jobs will be created …show more content…
It could possibly pollute the main water source for the Standing Rock Reservation and damage their burial grounds. The Native Americans living there are fighting against building the pipeline to save their water and their history. There are many people behind the protest. “More than 200 Native American tribes pledged their support last year, in the largest coming together of indigenous peoples in the US in decades, perhaps centuries” (BBC News, 2017). These Native Americans were able to put the pipeline on a temporary stop. However, we should also think about what this pipeline will do for us in the future. The pipeline will take billions of dollars to build when we should be putting this money into clean and renewable energy. Fossil fuel is not going to last us forever, so we should start making the switch to clean and renewable energy. The Dakota Access will hurt many people's’ lives and our country.
The Dakota Access has plenty of benefits and great deal of downsides ,but decision must be made. President Trump signed two presidential memos that back the Dakota and Keystone Xl pipeline. “I’m 100 percent sure that the pipeline will be approved by a Trump administration," (CEO Kelcy Warren of Energy Transfer Partners). The pipeline will likely be completed, but is it really worth what it will do for the future and to the history of our