tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post510625811441605220..comments2023-10-09T05:28:35.705-07:00Comments on Creekside: Keystone XL vs owning the tarsandsAlisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09811694143714068436noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-18737652586383609992012-01-19T21:59:04.358-08:002012-01-19T21:59:04.358-08:00Look. All I (and most other Canadians) want is che...Look. All I (and most other Canadians) want is cheap gas and enough jobs to go around. Why are we selling our oil to the USA? We have all seen what happens to oil rich countries like Iraq. All of a sudden, they are "Evil", and "Terrorist" so the USA bombs them into submission. If this pipeline goes through, Canada will become the next "terrorist threat" to the USA and we will be history. There are dozens of oil refineries sitting idle here in Canada (Kamloops Gulf Oil Refinery). Why are we not refining our own oil and creating jobs for Canadians? Let the USA buy tanker trucks of gasoline from us at $7 a gallon!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-65476693115052254792011-11-19T14:33:17.129-08:002011-11-19T14:33:17.129-08:00Harper doesn't have a lick of sense. He is th...Harper doesn't have a lick of sense. He is the most embarrassing P.M. in Canadian history. Canadians don't like dictators either.<br /><br />There is nothing in the tar sands that will benefit the BC people. Even if there was, we still wouldn't want the dirty tar anywhere near our province.<br /><br />Harper and Campbell dismantled BC. Campbell thieved our assets and sold them. Campbell worked for Harper, not for his own BC citizens. He thieved from us to give to Harper. All Harper wants, is the money for his own selfish goals. His wars, jets, ships, a nuclear sub, armored vehicles, and billions needed for his Stalags. For what we don't know. The crime rate is down. Must be for the Canadians, who are going to turn on Harper. Dictators are always paranoid.<br /><br />We want to keep our beautiful province. That's all we have left. Everything else is thieved and gone. We will fight for our province.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-57159574984229980102011-11-15T06:20:11.989-08:002011-11-15T06:20:11.989-08:00Possibly not the best timing to be reminding peopl...<i>Possibly not the best timing to be reminding people of eminent domain.</i><br /><br />It appears kootcoot's response above to the "no brainer" phrase is particularly relevant here, huh ? ? ? ?West End Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04899808253017644309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-30137058624352424402011-11-14T11:50:17.319-08:002011-11-14T11:50:17.319-08:00Thanks for that link, Michel.
Big fan of Norway&#...Thanks for that link, Michel. <br />Big fan of Norway's policy of pacing and their assumption that there is, you know, going to be a future.<br />Had not heard about pipeline oil degrading before. Today, even G&M articles only tangentially referencing KXL are followed by comments supporting homegrown refining.<br /><br />Kootcoot : Another funny comment from Steve yesterday :<br />"I remain optimistic that the project will eventually go ahead because it makes eminent sense."<br />Possibly not the best timing to be reminding people of eminent domain.Alisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09811694143714068436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-14822894611277768692011-11-13T09:02:51.776-08:002011-11-13T09:02:51.776-08:00"Sounds like a "no-brainer", doesn&...<i>"Sounds like a "no-brainer", doesn't it, Steve?"</i><br /><br />One would think that Stevie's Canuckistanian Taliban would EXCEL at no brainers, considering that's what most of them ARE!kootcoothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11344208424209840730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-86552286380449521762011-11-13T07:40:51.200-08:002011-11-13T07:40:51.200-08:00My brother - the optimization engineer - suggested...My brother - the optimization engineer - suggested that the reason that not all of the refining is done in Alberta is that when refined oil is transported via pipeline, a percentage of it will inevitably degrade outside of "specification". So the result would be having to refine the same oil a second time which is far from cost effective.<br /><br />As to the question of its exploitation, NPR's Planet Money had a great podcast earlier this summer about the way Norway's handled its oil reserves to have them best benefit its people. I'm going to assume that Alberta's Progressive Conservatives don't have NPR on their iPod playlist.<br /><br />As always, great blog post Alison.<br /><br />http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2011/08/26/139972557/the-friday-podcast-norways-got-advice-for-libyaMichelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13537456428972229386noreply@blogger.com