tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30617754.post8362601027475552324..comments2023-11-03T08:33:10.119-04:00Comments on JAMES LAXER: WHY THE TAR SANDS ARE DESTRUCTIVE FOR CANADA:" ETHICAL" OIL AND OTHER RESOURCEFUL FANTASIESJames Laxerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16581079200019338423noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30617754.post-53199275277264751802011-11-03T02:31:16.348-04:002011-11-03T02:31:16.348-04:00Its like you read my mind! You appear to know so m...Its like you read my mind! You appear to know so much about this, like you wrote the book in it or something. I think that you could do with some pics to drive the message home a little bit, but other than that, this is great blog. A great read. I will certainly be back.lacoste ukhttp://www.uklacosteoutlet.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30617754.post-57814709465264996582011-09-27T12:50:17.911-04:002011-09-27T12:50:17.911-04:00The truth is, all I want is lots of gas for my car...The truth is, all I want is lots of gas for my car. I want gas and I want it cheap, cheap, cheap. So I support the tar sands, or oil sands or whatever it is you have out there in Alberta. I will vote for anyone else who supports it, I will vote against anyone who does not support it. I'm not alone, the Tories have won a majority in Ottawa because people voted for whoever supports the Alberta Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30617754.post-4367839317206323532011-09-13T09:41:35.883-04:002011-09-13T09:41:35.883-04:00James:
The problem will be hard to solve. Workers ...James:<br />The problem will be hard to solve. Workers have an interest in Big Oil: it pays them well. An attack on Big Oil is an attack on their pay packets. There are votes out West that the NDP wants. Also, keep in mind that Gary Doerr didn't get his job as Canada's ambassador to the US because he's a Big Oil skeptic.<br />What do you think was really behind our war in Libya? And Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30617754.post-31359123238024711572011-09-10T17:20:57.486-04:002011-09-10T17:20:57.486-04:00http://www.socialistpartyofontario.ca and http://w...http://www.socialistpartyofontario.ca and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mv_FeO45HmAOntario NDPhttp://www.socialistpartyofontario.canoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30617754.post-12487632971229306852011-09-10T12:35:13.972-04:002011-09-10T12:35:13.972-04:00james laxer has once again written a masterful acc...james laxer has once again written a masterful account of the way canada's resource industries have been taken over lock, stock and barrel by american corporations. it's disgusting davedave jaffenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30617754.post-60157723847159434802011-09-06T19:38:55.484-04:002011-09-06T19:38:55.484-04:00http://hellberta.blogspot.com/2011/05/canadas-econ...http://hellberta.blogspot.com/2011/05/canadas-economy-good-bad-and-bullshit.html<br /><br />The reality is economic collapse due to peak debt and peak oil will ensure that current generations witness the destruction of the Albertan one horse economy.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15473265775588031435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30617754.post-88375251491743696802011-09-05T23:41:32.910-04:002011-09-05T23:41:32.910-04:00"The oil sands has become by far the biggest ..."The oil sands has become by far the biggest source of emissions in Canada"<br /><br />This isn't true - even in Alberta electricity production produces more GHG emissions than the oilsands.Concerned Albertanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04809909593653580510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30617754.post-37545674357382317762011-09-05T08:49:10.849-04:002011-09-05T08:49:10.849-04:00In addition to their role in privatizing Petro Can...In addition to their role in privatizing Petro Canada, the Chretien-Martin Liberals privatized the CNR. The privatization of Petro Canada took profits out of the pockets of Canadian citizens---the former owners--and enriched the private sector companies that acquired an entity where all the start up risks were taken by the Canadian public. The polite expression for this is "selling the James Laxerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11177908948911314714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30617754.post-12085719248159976572011-09-04T22:51:10.939-04:002011-09-04T22:51:10.939-04:00Great piece, especially for those of us who were j...Great piece, especially for those of us who were just kids when Lougheed took power. I questioned the absence of any mention of the privatization of Petro-Canada (via Twitter), and James responded that it was a betrayal of the Canadian people by our neoliberal masters (or words to that effect). I agree, but the details are germane to this too. Begun under Mulroney (1990) but not completed until Jamie Kneennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30617754.post-59070412266181954402011-09-04T14:43:27.158-04:002011-09-04T14:43:27.158-04:00Thank you for this. Norway has invested in its fut...Thank you for this. Norway has invested in its future and its people. Harper and his brand of "Conservatives" have given up the future of the Canadian people to please its southern "buddy" and the Big Oil types who contribute so generously to its election campaigns. <br /><br />I put the party name in quotes because there is absolutely nothing conservative about them. They Filostratohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04469903260877069258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30617754.post-80243737316765405282011-09-03T23:42:51.090-04:002011-09-03T23:42:51.090-04:00I am walking, cycling and using public transit.
I ...I am walking, cycling and using public transit.<br />I parked the car and it has bot been on the road for a long long time<br />I do support tho, electric conversions<br />I hate the NOISE, the toxic fumes, the stress and the terrible filthy environment I have to live in because of automobiles running on gasoline/oil and toxic fluidsOemissionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15052778663890940687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30617754.post-53048107489234159072011-09-03T22:27:16.635-04:002011-09-03T22:27:16.635-04:00The shift to In Situ recovery is important, but th...The shift to In Situ recovery is important, but the consumption of vast quantities of natural gas in this industrial process is rapidly depleting a clean fuel to produce a dirty one. This is reverse alchemy. The separation of the bitumen from the sand generates three times as much greenhouse gas per barrel produced as is the case for conventional oil. And fresh water is being used in the tar James Laxerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11177908948911314714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30617754.post-35037897004347752302011-09-03T22:16:36.627-04:002011-09-03T22:16:36.627-04:00Amazing amount of background, history, numbers &am...Amazing amount of background, history, numbers & interconnections! Thank you, James!! Sharing WIDELY!CanNursenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30617754.post-84851840038637176672011-09-03T22:14:08.259-04:002011-09-03T22:14:08.259-04:00Thanks for this. The myth of the NEP obscures the ...Thanks for this. The myth of the NEP obscures the real story and it’s been a pet peeve for years, along with the fact that our own leaders entered us into a trade agreement that obliges us to satisfy US energy requirements before our own. What kind of psychos do that and what kind of people take it? As for Albertans, they won’t be ready to figure out they’ve been robbed blind by US oil companies Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30617754.post-23193420119514570032011-09-03T21:53:54.348-04:002011-09-03T21:53:54.348-04:00All this "New, Insitu" stuff takes a lot...All this "New, Insitu" stuff takes a lot more natural gas than does the old way. <br /><br /> That means it gives off more Carbon Dioxide.<br /><br />Gas companies are rubbing their hands waiting for coin to roll because of the consumption. And, there goes our gas prices again!<br /><br />A bright spot in my mind is it also opens the door for Small Nuclear plants. EG 20 to 100 MW John Clarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00693969594184044524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30617754.post-55291066850662829382011-09-03T20:07:36.383-04:002011-09-03T20:07:36.383-04:00Not bad. Except that the new projects do not invol...Not bad. Except that the new projects do not involve strip mining at all. Almost every new project involves steam injection to remove the bitumen. The staem is produced with the use of brackish water, not fresh water, which is desalinatd, heated to extreme temperatures, then injected into the earth where it mixes with the oil molecules and brings the viscosity to a point that it will flow. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30617754.post-24230857839575985892011-09-03T18:15:42.063-04:002011-09-03T18:15:42.063-04:00This batch of Conservative crooks have robbed Albe...This batch of Conservative crooks have robbed Alberta blind!<br /><br />The Heritage Savings and Trust fund has been plundered to more than 90 billion dollars. Capped at 4% profit anything excess was transferred into General Revenues for day to day expenses. <br /><br />This is 11 or 12 years complete Alberta budgets have been paid out of this trust fund!<br /><br />It has allowed the John Clarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00693969594184044524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30617754.post-38648984523371523682011-09-03T18:08:57.187-04:002011-09-03T18:08:57.187-04:00A really excellent article! I have been trying to...A really excellent article! I have been trying to educate Albertans along these lines for the past 20 years.<br /><br />Good on you!John Clarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00693969594184044524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30617754.post-80574461309472983412011-09-03T15:41:14.651-04:002011-09-03T15:41:14.651-04:00Thank you, thank you, thank you! About time someo...Thank you, thank you, thank you! About time someone told the real truth about Trudeau's intelligent handling of our oil resource, and Alberta's foolishness in squandering it.farwestiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18157409737418287619noreply@blogger.com