Ethical Oil: Program Note

I used to laugh at these losers until one of them was voted president. Now it's not so funny anymore.

I have no end of admiration for Ezra Levant. His energy level has to be way up there to continue the campaigns he does. The country owes him a great Thankyou!

Fun, fun, fun!

He's brave to wade into the Sea of Crazy.

Ezra marches in where angels fear to tread - and gets sneered at by the established "journalists" who write their stories from the security of an office tower. He is twice, or more, the journalist his critics are.

I like the one protester who just screams long and loud.Ezra compliments her, "now,that's articulate".

How many in that bunch were/are gainfully employed?

I'm watching it now and man, is Ezra on fire!

Seems the total IQ of this lot approximates that of a Welsh carrot.

I'll be watching Mothercorpse tonight ( shudder) to see how they spin these lowlife basket cases as principled environmental activists.

They're right. We got along just fine for hundreds of years burning whale oil in our lamps to light our homes at night and burning trees for heat!

That was just disturbing. Nice to see the lazy, bum cops can't be bothered keep track of these thugs. They just put in their 8 hours or whatever and head home.

John! You just stood there John! I mean, you had a chance to say something, but you just stood there!

And...was that NDPiste I saw slinkin' away in the background?

People mindlessly yelling... yep... they fit right in on Sun.

Hey... you guys see this? Looks like the Arctic passage is opening up:

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/05daa11e-0274-11e3-880d-00144feab7de.html#axzz2c6TjxLxj

But that can't be happening, because climate change is a hoax, amiright folks?!

And Max, the general trend of people on the dole has been on a downward trend... well until the birds finally came home to roost on GWB's watch, and the Conservatives came into office:

http://www2.macleans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/unemp_rates_2012_08.png

Gee whiz! Ezra Levant discovers that the goofs who show up with the signs and other crap are freekin idiots.

As an aside ... the guy with that drum is kinda like the John who comments here eh?

I think John who comments/trolls mindlessly here is possibly one of the few leftists who is "gainfully" employed. I mean, those dicks don't suck themselves down at the bath houses of Toronto!

John is being disingenuous with his links. The Northeast Passage from its first traverse in 1847 has been relatively easy compared to the Canadian route through the Arctic.

"The longer Northeast Passage, at approximately 5,400km, has the advantage of offering a relatively straight journey over the top of the Eurasian landmass. Its shorter North American rival, by contrast, twists and turns through narrow, dangerous channels in the Canadian Arctic. The Northwest Passage claimed the life of explorer Sir John Franklin and the crews of his two ships, HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, in 1847"

"John is being disingenuous with his links. The Northeast Passage from its first traverse in 1847 has been relatively easy compared to the Canadian route through the Arctic."

So... I guess the reason commercial shipping hasn't used it till now is because they didn't know it was there? They liked spending the extra money?

It's funny watching you guys twist. Some of you say "oh hey, of course the climate is changing!!!" Even though this blog and many on it desperately claim that it's not getting warmer. Other's, like yourself pull treasures this out of your bum. Yes... it has been possible to traverse the Arctic, but usually just with icebreakers. The point of this article is that they expect actual commercial shipping to begin using it because there is less and less ice there each year. Which points to a warmer Arctic, which points to... climate change.

I'm not here to troll you guys. I'm hear to spray a bit of cold water on your little rightwing circle jerk.

Climate change is real.

It's just had the breaks locked on for 15 years....

John. Did you even read the link you provided.

Russian authorities have granted 372 permits this year...
But analysts caution that it will be years before the route, which is only passable for a few months, is commercially viable let alone a rival to the Suez Canal, which handled more than 17,000 ships in 2012.
Read about this route. All it will take for the bloom to shrivel on this project is a year where ships are heavily damaged by the ice. You realize John that there is still ice in the Arctic.

I did Nold.

4 permits in 2010
46 in 2012
372 in 2013

That is what is called a "trend".

And that's because soon there will be a good many months of ice free ocean. It will probably never rival the Suez for traffic, because it will be closed 8 months of the year, but you can bet that summers will be a busy place (for better or worse), by 2030.

The reason... because the Arctic is melting. Something you guys just won't admit. You'll probably still doubt it when you're actually receiving goods travelling this route. No shock. You believe guys like Ezra who was once a lobbyist for the tobacco industry. What a surprise that is... he left one pack of despicable liars who spent years muddying the waters regarding the health impact of smoking for another which is spending millions splitting hairs on the climate debate.

John. All it takes is a season where the ships incur extensive damage to their hulls from the ice and guess what; reluctant insurance companies will not underwrite ships using the so-called ice-free Northeast Arctic passage. Strong northerlies forcing the ice against the continent will put a stop to this little experiment.

As I said... You guys will continue to deny climate change even when these ships are delivering you your Chinese knock-off Real Dolls via the northeast passage. There won't be any ice. These companies know that. This is why they are preparing.