The Council managed to cobble together a very scary scenario. However, in doing so, they committed errors of omission and commission that render their report essentially meaningless.
Environment
The Energy East pipeline project should be the biggest “no-brainer” pipeline of all those proposed across Canada.
Alberta’s environmental performance, much like any other Canadian province, has been one of continuing environmental improvement.
Even if oil prices came roaring back, many environmentalists would not allow any additional growth in oilsand development.
Green-tech advocates have convinced governments to spend untold billions of dollars on subsidies.
Ninety-nine per cent of pipeline occurrences from 2003 to 2013 didn’t damage the environment.
The latest UN report on climate changes says its “irreversible” and again calls for massive government intervention and subsidies to eliminate the use of fossil fuels. Is that realistic for Canada?
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