XPost: alt.politics   
   From: coldlazarus@ymail.com   
      
   Gary Cork wrote   
   > lorad wrote   
   >   
   > > You are a rather transparent Oil Industry Lackey... do they pay you?   
   > >   
   >   
   > Considering that Canada's oil sand project has more oil than Saudi Arabia's   
   > reserves and along with Russia and Australia, has more than 75% of the   
   > world's uranium and its own home grown nuclear power industry, while 80% of   
   > its electrical power is from either nuclear but mostly hydro electric with   
   > little reliance on coal, I think that it's cool that Canada is still seeking   
   > energy alternatives.    It's just too bad that the oil sands project uses   
   > almost double the BTUs in energy through natural gas to produce a single BTU   
   > equivalent of oil.   And most of that oil is exported to the USA and China.   
   >   
   > The first refinery built in North America in the last 20 years was up at Ft.   
   > McMurray at the oil sands and the pipeline doesn't go east or south to the   
   > USA, it goes to the port of Vancouver where tankers are filled and off to   
   > Asia they go.   
   >   
   >   
   > But The Phantom doesn't know fuck all about Canada or how its a net exporter   
   > of energy, while the USA relies on imports.   Canada even supplied the   
   > uranium for the Manhattan project.   
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   But you heard what the PHANTOM said, Canadians are "kooks".   Apparently   
   amateurs   
   when it comes to expertise in energy and self reliance.    ;)   
      
   Another jackass heard from.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)