Been busy for a couple days couldn't get in on it for a while.
You know guys I have to admit something,, after having sometime to sit back and analyse this whole thing and to see peoples reaction to the whole project I have to say that I have changed my mind on it. I do agree that there are definitely better places to run a pipeline than across all those hills and rivers. In the end it comes down to one thing,, if the people don't want it they don't want it plain and simple. Supposedly this country is still ran by its people and if the people have spoken then so be it. I for one would hate to see what would happen if there ever was a major break in a line under one of those big rivers or they loose a tanker in the channel,, it just wouldn't be pretty. A line to the east or south would make a lot more sense thats for sure.
Thx for the debate all though I did get a bit hot headed but oh well thats what a good debate is about sometimes no biggie..
It still leaves me wondering though about BC and what the people expect out of there government. It just seems like lately every type of project has been rejected by its people. They have all but shut down the lumber industry between the environmental groups and unions that industry is almost a bust. Hydro electricity looked like a good option for a while but no nobody wants those damn Damns. Commercial fishing is bad cause the ocean can't take that anymore. Fish farming that looked good for while but that has to be shut down cause well thats just no good. I just want to know what is it that people expect to run the place on, BC is not a cheap place to run. Again I will say it, in todays world there has to be risks taken in order to run our society. In any industry there are inherent risk to be taken. People have to ask themselves what type of life style do they want to live and what are the risks you are willing to take to have that life style ?? What lions share of the equalisation payments do people think they are entitled to ??
Just to clear up a couple things on the side. Sask does have a good section of the oil sands under it but it is deeper than what is north of Ft Mac. Believe me it is up for sale as well. It is just taking some time to get at it. That oil will be developed using the SAGD process and not open mining. It is slow coming around do to the fact there is nothing in that part of Sask as far as infrastructure goes, there are no roads and no pipelines to tie into. At this point it has all just been exploratory work. Slowly the companies are working there way in there from the AB side. And the oil will leave via lines in place on the AB side.
It has been asked why we don't keep more of the refining here in Canada,, the fact is the money to be made in refining is not that good, very poor in fact, the profit margin is very low. Especially in Canada where in any project of the magnitude to build a plant in the construction it would be Union built and then later Union run the fact remains it just makes more sense to ship the oil out refine it and ship it back very similar to what is happening to the wood in BC. Its cheaper for the companies to ship it out of the country, process it and ship it back in then to process it here,, kind of makes you wonder eh ??
Add this to the mix and it really should be the end of it.
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/ca...uttled-after-enbridge-pressure-141345653.html
Another interesting read:
http://thetyee.ca/News/2012/03/05/Diluted-Bitumen/
Do we really want to take a chance spilling this stuff on our coast or in some pristine (but not for long) mountain river? Just say "NO"!
Doesn't appear enough thought has gone into the research side.
What about the potential of a boycott of BC salmon fishing by the many Albertosaurusins that come to BC for fishing?