RE:RE:RE:What Thawed the Last Ice Age ?I wasn’t assessing Gore in particular. He’ll shoot at anything that moves. His comments about Canadian sources of GHG are relevant to Canadian audiences. Since Canada has no power to change anything in Texas, discussing the situation there to Canadians would amount to irrelevant whining and offer us an excuse to do nothing. Your comment about money most certainly applies to Koch et all, though. It doesn’t apply to the local policy-makers who (unless they are actively shorting local energy) have more money and votes at risk by listening to the hype.
My argument about shipping does apply to O&G. Heavy oil (used for freighters and diesel fuel) is harder to source outside Canada but is still needed, especially for refineries specifically designed to use it.
It is not illegal to ship coal from the US - they export 12% (2012) of their production through eastern and southern ports (as well as north through BC). Western US states will not authorize permits for it, but others will, so south-east coal can be shipped out economically. It’s just the northern coal that is land-locked, and needs to access BC ports. Could we tax that more? Depends on NAFTA conditions, I expect.
topdown99 wrote: Thanks for the input Sadie but I disagree with your assessment of Al Gore , he has brought his BS campaign to multiple Canadian cities and has directly pointed his finger at Alberta and Fort McMurray . He never mentions Texas , a district that flares off its nat gas produced as a byproduct of oil production .
As for the coal issue , Vancouver ships US coal out of their port . This US coal is so dirty that it is illegal to ship it from any US port , thats why it is shipped by train to Vancouver for export . Also , I don't get your arguement on shipping coal period .
You said " stopping our role in that supply does little if anything (except reduce our revenue)"
If you believe that about shipping coal , why does that arguement not apply to Canadian oil and gas ? (if they don't buy from us they will just buy from someone else) . Canadian oil and gas is produced to the highest standards and regulations , Canada should be looked at as the most ethical producer in the world but the little dog in Ottawa would rather side with the US as opposed to the Canadian people . Our country is being bombarded with a narative designed to destroy Ab and Sk all based off of economics not environmental concerns .