Approves Asia Supply Route, Ignores US Route
H/T Eric Worrall and Breitbart – Obama’s inability to make a decision on Keystone has finally yielded a result – Canada has made the decision for him.
Breitbart reports Canada has just approved the Enbridge Northern Gateway Project – a major pipeline to ship Canadian oil to Asia.
The Canadian oil will still be burnt – in Asia, instead of America.
All the jobs and energy security which Canadian oil could have delivered to America, will instead be delivered to Asia.
Rather than purchasing crude from a friendly and allied neighbor, the United States will most likely need to continue its reliance upon hostile sources like Venezuela. Energy analysts had hoped that construction of Keystone could have replaced almost half of the current U.S. daily crude purchases from that volatile, anti-American dictatorship, depriving Venezuela of the resources it relies upon to stay in power and fund its Cuban allies.
You can’t say Canada didn’t give America a chance – they waited years for the American administration to come to their senses. But in the end, they couldn’t wait any longer, and have put the interests of Canadians first.
Below is a helpful timeline of Keystone events, courtesy of Al Jazeera.
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http://business.financialpost.com/2014/07/01/the-u-s-tells-ottawa-o-canada-stop-pouting/
http://business.financialpost.com/2014/07/01/peter-foster-the-i-love-bruce-y-heyman-show/
policycritic,
Pembina Institute, Sept.9,2010
“Dr. Marlo Raynolds of the Pembina Institute and Dr.Rick Smith of Environmental Defence made the the following statements following their meeting with U.S. Speaker of the House, the Honourable Nancy Pelosi, and the Honourable Edward Markey…”
http://www.pembina.org/media-release/2071
This meeting was in Ottawa, Canada
policycritic,
Pembina Institute Advisory Council includes:
Preston Manning, Pres. & CEO, the Manning Centre
http://www.pembina.org/about-pembina
Today the USA, our closest neighbour and best friend celebrates the Fourth of July.
Happy Independence Day to all my American friends!
Best regards, Allan
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Historical Notes:
The USA is by far the best neighbour Canada could ever ask for. Canada is now the largest foreign supplier of oil to the USA. We are still, I think, the largest bilateral trading partners in the world.
We have managed to get along and prosper together for two hundred years since our last unpleasantries during the War of 1812-14, when our side burned the White House and the Yanks burned Toronto.
Confidentially, people from all over Canada agree that Toronto ought to be burned from time to time, so we still think we got the better of that deal. 🙂
@David Ball
David,
The reason I challenged you, is because I remembered the following quote from an NEB report, linked above
Crude Oil and Bitumen Resources
Efforts are ongoing to assess bitumen deposits in Saskatchewan, but an official estimate of resource size is not yet available
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2014/06/28/canada-pulls-the-plug-on-the-u-s-keystone-pipeline-will-send-oil-to-asia/#comment-1673353
My actual opinion is that one should not indulge overly in premature and idle speculation. One should wait for the people to do proper homework, and produce a report which is comprehensive, thorough, vetted and signed off.
Then one has something reasonable to discuss.
The other snippet I posted listing a certain estimate, was not “my” estimate
as you inferred
best regards
brent
To Barbara et al re the Pembina Institute
In 2002 we engaged in a written debate with the Pembina Institute at the request of APEGGA, my professional organization, as published in their journal.
PEGG, November 2002
http://www.apega.ca//Members/Publications/peggs/WEB11_02/kyoto_pt.htm
Our side consisted of Sallie Baliunas, Tim Patterson and Allan MacRae.
[Our side of the debate was reprinted at the request of many professional journals, the Globe and Mail and la Presse]
In 2002 we wrote:
On Global Warming:
“Climate science does not support the theory of catastrophic human-made global warming – the alleged warming crisis does not exist.”
On Green Energy:
“The ultimate agenda of pro-Kyoto advocates is to eliminate fossil fuels, but this would result in a catastrophic shortfall in global energy supply – the wasteful, inefficient energy solutions proposed by Kyoto advocates simply cannot replace fossil fuels.”
These are just two of our eight (8) predictions. I suggest that all eight have come true in those jurisdictions that have fully embraced global warming alarmism.
The Pembina Institute quoted the alarmist IPCC reports, and every one of their scary scenarios has failed to materialize.
We knew with confidence over a decade ago that global warming alarmism was technically false, extremist and wasteful.
We also knew with confidence over a decade ago that the green energy schemes proposed to “fight global warming” would not be green nor would they provide much useful energy.
Since then, there has been no global warming.
Since then, over a trillion dollars has been squandered on failed green energy schemes that have produced little net energy, but have caused energy costs to soar.
There is no real global warming crisis.
Cheap abundant energy is the lifeblood of modern society.
Regards, Allan
P.S. All these truths have not changed the Pembina Institute’s failed position.