Originally posted by wasser How does this slow Canada's exploitation? If we're talking about construction of a pipeline through the U.S. then that would seem to be slower then one to the West Coast of Canada. And isn't there already at least some infrastructure for this oil to go west? The oil must be going somewhere now.
The bottleneck for expanding production now is bringing the product to market that is why not building this pipeline will slow expansion of the oil sands projects.
Originally posted by Wheatfield your dislike of Canada.
Get over it.
I have no problem with canada other than your horrible tasting beer, your geese, your quarters, and hockey which is just a dull version of soccer on ice. I like the whiskey, the bacon, and the maple syrup.
Originally posted by Wheatfield It's not unusual for Mike to not think things through.
Says the guy whose plans to clean up the tar sands are to build a nuclear reactor and refineries. The oil & gas industry doesn't build nuclear power plants, wind farms, solar power plants, or coal fired power plants to generate power, they use the byproducts of oil and gas extraction like excess gas and petroleum coke. If the canadian government builds a nuke and oil prices collapse for a couple decades like the 1980s and 1990s the tar sands will be one of the first places to shut in production so the canadian government and tax payers will be holding the bag for a remote nuclear power plant. Besides, oil sand production is water intensive enough without adding a nuclear power plant into the mix.
Originally posted by boriscleto That would be expensive...shipping that oil all the way around the Cape Horn. A Super-Tanker can't fit through the Panama canal.
They could always ship it to the west coast of the US and refine it in California.