Wanna-B-Fanboy

Seriously man- Just own up to the fact what you are saying about the communist party of canada is not advocating genocide- you are are being ridiculous.

How are they the same thing?

Good lord what an ass- total racist ****- you can't do that. Now- is Trudeau a racist? Black/Brown face 20+ years ago: Check. Advancing racist bills and/or agendas: nope. Promoting racists into positions of power: nope. Courting the racists: not that I can see. Anything else anyone wants to throw in there that I missed? I would like a clearer picture.

**** that noise- Liberals campaign left and govern right. It's always a sham with them.

OMG that was crazy funny! I just shot coffee out my nose. Good one! Wait wait, I got one- No ****, if only Congress can do as good of a job as the Senate! Guffaws all around!

WOw- iheart with the death notices every time. I should know better

God damn...

Including ours. I am excited.

Agreed- they had a pretty forgiving schedule. We'll see after three weeks- you are totally right.

And Winnipeg. Masoli didn't win that game- Dane did.

I don't understand how he keeps getting away with that move.

The East did NOTHING to help us today... Well- looks like the Bombers need to take care of business now.

Ticats looking real good. They are legit. I would expect that from Steinhauer

Hopefully today my friend, hopefully today.

Just watched this... it's pretty funny: Best Part- the end "They try to take my joy away- That's what losers do."

opps- someone pulled a boner on that fake punt.

Same time that we last won a Grey Cup... You need to go back. lol I want to see us win another one before I die.

Oh, you're a roughneck. What year were you on rigs?

You are absolutely right- I don't know a tonne about the oil sands. I know enough to have am opinion though- one that I am willing to change. Thank you for sharing your nuanced position- it is appreciated.

I absolutely agree with you- I never advocated to just stop. I think we need to shift over to renewables- gradually to balance the economy. The world may not be using less oil- but purely from an economic point... the tar sands are too costly to extract versus sweet light crude- the Alberta sands didn't really take off until oil hit ~$75 a barrel, very profitable at that point. At $35 a barrel.. no, we saw what happened to the tar sands when the bottom of oil fell out- and all that took was OPEC to say "Hey, let's ramp up production" and Boom- oil prices crater and a huge chunk of the oil companies went belly up... tar sands was one of the first ones to crater along with the price. Tar sands is not sustainable- from a completely economic perspective. No mention of the moral argument side of things- just from a $$$ perspective. Energy companies are fleeing- mainly because what I wrote above. What can we do? Shift to renewables and give them the tax breaks, incentives- everything that the oil companies were getting and more. Entice the companies through those avenues. Tar sands are on the way out- we should be prepared before we get stuck with the bill.

That is a clumsily veiled "**** you"- thanks, I appreciate that. Anyways, I am not going to take the bait- You do you. As always, good chat.

Why is it silly? the tar sands will not be able to compete with renewables in the near future. If it was sweet light crude.. maybe- but not the tar sands. If you don't believe me- go a research how many investors have pulled out of the tar sands, check on investment managers at pension funds, insurance companies, philanthropic foundations and universities that are divesting from tar sand holdings for economic reasons. Seven of the world’s largest multinational oil corporations sold off their Alberta holdings. What's silly is banking on the tar sands as a sure bet. Look at what happened when OPEC dropped the price of sweet light crude? What happened? Were the tar sands flourishing at that point? Maybe @ $100+/barrel- sure. but not at $50 a barrel.. and the price of oil is going to drop. So- at the end, when renewables are competitive with tar sands bitumen- do you think the price will be worth it? to continue with tar sands? and then at that point, you get a stranded "asset" with a pipeline that is not fully paid for and is a shitty investment. Like I said- you may not want to believe all the "hysteria", but the science backs it up. I am going to base my opinion on evidence not wishful thinking.

Why invest so much into a project that is not going to justify it's cost in the end- it would be better to keep that money and put it towards renewable energy. The tar sands are going to become a stranded asset- at which point the money for the pipeline is just wasted. That's bad policy. we need to invest that money into renewables. "A recent National Energy Board report on Canada’s Energy Future concludes we have the potential to increase production of many forms of energy, both renewable and from fossil fuel sources. But, one of the factors continuing to affect our ability to increase production is our capacity to transport those commodities to market. In other words, we’re being held back by a lack of market access for our energy resources." -https://www.aboutpipelines.com/en/blog/why-canada-needs-more-pipelines/ sourced from: https://www.cer-rec.gc.ca/nrg/ntgrtd/ftr/2018/chptr5-eng.html Not much of a fallacy. - Increased production leads to increased carbon which is a main driver of climate change. Just because you don't believe in the science, doesn't make it debatable. Well- I am going to believe reality- you can go on an deny it all you want, that's on you. I think an evidenced based approach to decision making is the best way to move forward- I don't think that it is in most people's interests to just ignore the evidence and just plow through with the pipelines.

First of all. That sucks and I hope things work out better for you. I don't see why it is impossible to switch focus and transition to green tech. Of course it will take lots of buy in from the federal government- but it can happen- there are many positions that can be created in a renewable energy sector. We need to move away from fossil fuels and we need to help those in that industry make the transition as painlessly as possible with any types of incentives and subsidies. As for doing this for nothing than pride? It's more than that, you can't make the rest of the world move off of oil- you can only control what you can. We do what we can and show people that it can be done. Do what you can. I just wish there was some strong leadership that would tackle this issue with the severity that it requires.