There is no reason to be expanding oil exploitation as a fuel source. Whether you think it’s ‘woke’ or not, electricity is the only sustainable way to power industry, transportation and residential loads (with the exception of some chemical gotchas, blast furnaces use coke because it is a reducing agent and can convert rust into iron). And with a shift to electricity for energy all of our remaining petroleum needs (plastics, chemical precursors, etc) are more than met with existing mining operations.

Not to mention extracting, separating and refining oil sand is one of the dirtiest processes out there. Oil sand is nearly solid and needs to be steamed to get the sand out, then the oil/water mixture has to be separated leaving an absolute fuck ton of contaminated water.

At this stage pipelines are just another way to line the pockets of Canada’s politicians and foreign business owners by selling the future of the country.

2025 and we still have to rely on fossil fuel. True we have lithium but that won’t last and then what…?

With all the advancement in technology since the turn of the millennium you’d think we would be far more ahead but alas…if it doesn’t translate in money then it’s not worth it.

I’m hoping this whole thing is just a con to fuck smith up. basically have BC and Alberta duke it out in the courts over the pipe long enough everyone gets bored and goes home. industry’s not really willing to put up the money from my understanding and the federal government won’t do shit unless industry starts it.