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In reply to the discussion: Canada will look to China to sell its oil [View all]The Traveler
(5,632 posts)5. This may not be true or quite accurate
but one of my Canadian buddies has asserted that one of the reasons for laying the pipeline south through the US is because there is no way under existing Canadian law and regulation they lay the pipe through Canada. This is a good guy but not sure how knowledgeable about the legal details he really is. But I think at the very least it is likely to trigger a similar fight in Canada.
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Perhaps a vehicle that cost $8K and gets better then 50mpg would interest you.
Devil_Fish
Jan 2012
#51
seems to me that oil was NEVER going to stay in the USA, it was all for export out nt
msongs
Jan 2012
#6
What’s So Radical About Caring for the Earth and Opposing Enbridge's Northern Gateway Pipeline?
polly7
Jan 2012
#8
I, also, was afraid he would cave. I am thrilled that he did not, and I will remember this. NT
juajen
Jan 2012
#30
Personally, I think any civilized country should not be doing any business with China.
TigerToMany
Jan 2012
#13
Jack Leyton would have been a great PM...alas...let's hope there's another.
FedUp_Queer
Jan 2012
#37
Leyton, too. Or at the very least, another Laurier would be nice to see. nt
AverageJoe90
Jan 2012
#47
Converting (relatively) clean Alaska gas into carbon sludge for export to Chinese industrial plants.
leveymg
Jan 2012
#25