Ezra Levant:
“If we shut down the oilsands, Americans are going to fill up their cars with gas from somewhere else.”
John Vidal, in The Guardian:
More oil is spilled from the (Niger) delta’s network of terminals, pipes, pumping stations and oil platforms every year than has been lost in the Gulf of Mexico… With 606 oilfields, the Niger delta supplies 40% of all the crude the United States imports and is the world capital of oil pollution…
…but if you criticize Nigeria, you are a racist. White Alberta is an easy target for the eco-weeny hypocrites.
Has anybody notified James Cameron? Ed…Ed…..
peter mansbridge looked like he was kicked in the teeth when Lindsay Graham praised the oil sands. priceless!!
I say follow the money.I think that some of these groups are funded by middle east oil as they are the losers by Alberta oil sands oil.
I watched Ezra Levant on The Michael Coren Show and it was educational, enlightening and entertaining (boy, Ezra can talk!). His book, from what I can tell, is a must-read.
Don’t worry so much. When the middle eastern nutcases go bananas again ( as they do every couple of months) everybody will be suckholing to Alberta again. Maybe we should institute an oil embargo of our own……Hmm.
When I was living in Calgary, after Trudeau brought in the offensive National Energy Program, the most populer bumper sticker read “Let The Eastern Bastards Freeze In The Dark”.
It seems to me that if the US does not want our oil, fine…we will simply sell it somewhere else.
And I love Americans…have rarely met one that I didn’t like. But if they choose to source their oil from some despotic middle eastern country so be it.
They are simply sending money to people that are, and will continue to be, their enemies.
holy mackerel.
SDA finally admits millions of barrels of oil spilled is an environmental disaster.
Where does he get his info? According to the US DOE less than 12% of US imports come from the Niger delta (specifically Nigeria, no other country makes the top 15). Canada is the US’s largest source of crude at just under 25% of total imports.
40% … really? Gotta be some mean under-the-table action going on.
http://tinyurl.com/7ldt
What sloppy research. Estimates of oil spilled range from 2.4 million bbls to 12 million bbls. Close enough for government work, I expect.
Meanwhile, there was barely a mention of the militant groups active in the Delta region. Yet the US government has a travel advisory on Nigeria, where over 100 foreigners were kidnapped in the last 18 months. Gee, do you think expensive oil field engineers want to go there? No wonder it takes a long time to repair leaks.
Finally, my experience in the Philippines was that many electric poles had illegal hookups; I wouldn’t be surprised if there were similar illegal taps on the pipelines (though who would they sell the oil to? It’s not like they can put it in their cars.) For people who fill my email inbox almost daily with promises to send me millions of dollars, it doesn’t sound like restraint is a national characteristic. And I’ll bet those taps are not professionally installed or maintained.
Oh no!!!!!. Another drufuss reporter confuses 40% of exports (Nigeria) with 40% of imports (US).
Beagle – why do it alone? … get into a circle jerk with John Vidal!!!!
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/100726/top-7-us-oil-importers
The corrupted corporate hysteria pimps of Greenpeace weave a web of pseudo-environmental deceit all over the globe. They are similar to Obama in that they are so used to fawning media soft ball that they become zombies when confronted with tough questions or when exposed to the light of day. Good work Ezra.
“holy mackerel.
SDA finally admits millions of barrels of oil spilled is an environmental disaster.
Posted by: beagle at September 29, 2010 12:50 AM ”
Kate should start a new category. “Scratch a Lefty, Find the Lost Village Idiot”
Do you think this is the idiot from the village that Hillary spoke of?
It seems to me that if the US does not want our oil, fine…we will simply sell it somewhere else.
And I love Americans…have rarely met one that I didn’t like. But if they choose to source their oil from some despotic middle eastern country so be it.
They are simply sending money to people that are, and will continue to be, their enemies.
Well said !!! Nobody is forcing the Americans to buy Oil Sand petroleum.
Anyone who spends some time with Google earth will quickly see that the environmental ‘devastation’ of the whole Oil Sands operation is insignificant as compared with the environmental ‘devastation’ of any major city.
Anyone who complains about Tar Sand petroleum, who isn’t living an Amish lifestyle, is a hypocrite.
As pointed out – lousy report, lousy reporting, erroneous stats.
ALL reporters should be MADE to take a course in basic math so the don’t get confused so easily between figures like a buck ninety seven and $640,000,000,000,000 (derivative losses) and it is obvious that most do get the two numbers confused!
Not only does the MAJORITY of America’s imports come from Canada NOT Nigeria but it doesn’t ALL come from the oil sands of northern Alberta/Sask. There are several massive fields off the east coat – Cohassett-Panuke, Hibernia, Sable (gas),White Rose, Hebron-BenNevis which produce oil for much of the east coast refineries. In addition southern Manitoba and Sask find themselves sitting on the Bakken Play which likely has (in its entirety) more oil (and gas and coal) than Saudi Arabia and Nigeria combined.
my son works in Reynosa Mexico. the rigs are shutting down and moving to AUSTRALIA!! Where peopele love you in AUSTRALIA. You won’t get shot walking down the street in Australia.
and then we have this news . . .
“The rapid deployment of new technology in Canada’s old oil fields has the energy industry poised to produce as many as 15 billion barrels it never expected to extract.”
http://tinyurl.com/2f8a9nu
So much oil, so many ignorant liberals & progressives to annoy.
In other words,
the left is telling us that the life of a couple of Canadian ducks is more important than the life of a few thousand Nigerians.
Not surprised.
SDA finally admits millions of barrels of oil spilled is an environmental disaster.
said beagle,
Actually between two things that may affect the environment, “SDA” has the sanity of mind to chose the one that will affect the environment the less.
You are welcome.
so now I’m back to being a lefty.
will you people make up your mind finally? or maybe the problem is you don’t have one.
here’s a hint: I don’t identify with EITHER end of the spectrum. I’m the type that cherry picks the best answers for technical, financial, sociological etc. problems wherever they occur.
but I sorta figured the ‘holy mackerel’ crack would hit a nerve amongst the rabid right.
–Bassey said: “What we conclude from the Gulf of Mexico pollution incident is that the oil companies are out of control.”
Yes, that’s what environmentalists would conclude, after ignoring that the Obama administration fast tracked the BP Gulf Horizon drilling permits around the existing controls which were stopping them from drilling where they did.
Slipping the leash is a hallmark of the Obama administration.
Seems to me it isn’t the oil companies that are out of control, it’s certain governments.
That said, if I had an oil company, I’d be more interested in bringing the energy resources to market than seeing them wasted in spills.
The clear impression is that these oil companies don’t think the world is going to run out of oil any time soon.
Bruce
Shipping oil sands oil across our Canadian/American borders is an absolute truth.
Don’t get me started on the fact that Israel will soon attack Iran’s nuke plants.
We also know Adinnerjerkoffs plans to destroy oil tankers shipping in the Strait of Hormuz Persian Gulf.
Take a look at that little narrow 50 mile strip he can dominate.
If he sinks 5 tankers,
40% of the worlds oil shipments will be blocked for months
Canada will soon become our best-est friends.
Oz
[……Seems to me it isn’t the oil companies that are out of control, it’s certain governments…..]
Especially when the usual suspects resemble “Thunderball”….with many examples of “teehee”. HAW HAW HAW….
I said 50 miles- sorry!
That strait at its narrowest is 54 kilometers
(29 nmi) wide.
Only 29 miles wide.
The topic of ethical oil kneecaps enviros and lefties and exposes their true allegiances. Ezra has hit gold with that book.
I could be wrong, but it looks like I’m the first American to comment here.
I just took a look a the US import stats. In 2009, for the first time ever, we bought more oil from Canada than from the entire Persian Gulf.
Not just the Saudis – THE ENTIRE PERSIAN GULF exported fewer barrels to us than our neighbors (you guys).
That is hardly known to anyone in America. We (you and I) need to change that. I’ll do what I can, FWIW.
I will say that from down here, the notion that Albertan oil is somehow “dirty oil” is going nowehere fast. Then again, with Climategate and the Great Recession, the eco-nazis aren’t getting much traction on any issue.
Any anti-Semite, Islamist, or anti-Western nutso would understand that as Americans get more oil from Canada and less from the Gulf, the dictators of the ME lose influence, and Israel becomes more politically secure. I wouldn’t be surprised if the above three categories suddenly decided that Greenpeace et al were worthy investments.
“wherever they occur.”
http://media.photobucket.com/image/raccoon/kjw76/KylesPics231.jpg?o=5
And in the meantime CBC reporters keep flogging the issue of 180 waterfowl that died in an oil sands tailings pond several years ago while totally ignoring the tens of thousands of birds killed every year by the whirling blades of those freaking noisy windmills that are suppose to replace fossil fuels.
beagle at 8:28 AM “I’m the type that cherry picks the best answers for technical, financial, sociological etc. problems wherever they occur.”
Your earlier comment made me smile, even though I figured it landed foul in left field. Now by your attempt to defend it, I see you’re just an agitator that picks bits of information out of context to support his narrative. “Will you make up your mind finally? or maybe the problem is you don’t have one.”
Good comeback WalterF.
dastardly @ 9:56, exactly. CBC always flogs the latest leftist line, no matter how hypocritical.
D.J.McGuire, welcome aboard.
It’s never been about ‘dirty’ or clean energy.
It’s always been about undermining the strengths of all successful democracies. Another front for socialists with the help of the useful idiots claiming to be tree huggers.
Don’t believe me? Find me ONE environmentalist who isn’t a leftist.
The article didnt mention that the Nigerian Government has a 50% stake in the oil business,most likely the brunt of the problem.
Let me see. Western Canada benefits most from oilsands production. Who wants a bigger piece of that cash flow? Oh my gosh, could it be Eastern Canada? From Lalonde to Dion the story hasn’t changed one iota. Since the beaver pelts went east this country’s metrics have not changed.
The media and the ecos simply work for them whether they realize it or not.
Doowleb: “Find me ONE environmentalist who isn’t a leftist.”
Not possible.
Conservationist: I do things a certain way because it makes sense to conserve resources, including money. You might agree.
Environmentalist: You must do things my way and I’ll get government to force you, whether you agree or not.
Doowleb “Find me ONE environmentalist who isn’t a leftist.”
Maybe that should read “political environmentalist.”
Most farmers, fishermen, oilpatch workers, loggers, etc. work hard to protect the environment. The political environmentalists don’t care about the environment past the point of it being a tool to advance their leftist ideology. The track record of the left is abysmal. A friend of mine drove to eastern Germany in the early 90’s. He was shocked at the abrupt contrast on crossing the former border. The leftist environmentalists were the ones supervising Chernobyl when it blew.
I’m the type that cherry picks the best answers for technical, financial, sociological etc. problems wherever they occur.
That’s a wonderful bit of self-congratulation, seeing as how your original comment sounds more like you’re just a snarking drive-by troll.
WalterF, you’re confusing conservation with environmentalism.
If something is an “ism”, it’s probably political.
All environmentalism is political.
Beagle
Behave yourself….
…..spilled oil is polution…nobody has ever questioned that..
…..exagerating amounts and consequences is the problem…
…..making up stories about pretend polution (CO2)is a bigger problem.
Canadian oil sands crude is a problem….to the “anti-Semite, Islamist, or anti-Western nutso” as well as OPEC…..
Remember these are the elements who publish photo’s of the Fort McMurray industry when the ambient temperature is -40…..a temperature at which even animal respiration looks like a tire fire.
When the Iranians set up Chinese manufactured “silk worm” anti-ship missiles near the straits, the oil shieks financed cruise missle setups to destroy the launchers. The reality is that at most/least one oil tanker will get sunk. During times of tension oil tankers are convoyed with a USN Aegis class cruiser…capable of swatting “silk worms” and then stomping on their launchers.
Clearly, this capitalist running dog would much rather burn Canadian petro in her small yet profound fleet of vehicles than rely on the output of yet another failing African former colony.
“Western Canada benefits most from oilsands production. Who wants a bigger piece of that cash flow? Oh my gosh, could it be Eastern Canada? From Lalonde to Dion the story hasn’t changed one iota.”
Sitting here in the Ottawa area, I have never understood the point of oilsands* bashing.
It doesn’t seem to occur to politicians that just by doing nothing at all about the oilsands Federal coffers will simply continue to overflow with revenues from the existing taxation system.
(Well, I make one important exception: I believe PM Harper realizes this.)
* By the way, notice how the opponents of the oilsands always say TARsands?
Thanks Oz.
I was pleasantly surprised that James Cameron’s comments about the oilsands development was somewhat balanced. I had expected him to come out full-bore environmentalist instead he conceded the oilsands are a valuable resource. The funny part about all this is that the Indians welcomed his intervention and predictably asked him for cash up front.
Ezra some how, some way. Has turned their self righteous venial posturing against them. There own stance of moral superiority has been shown for the shallow ditch it is. Not big enough when an Ezra shows up with a flood of real wrongs with a way to remedy said dilemmas.
Its become slap stick comedy as the “environmentalists” become contortionists against their will. Trying to justify the many sins of this now marketing movement.
Its amazing they can’t even admit to prejudice or admit cowardice for not confronting the bad players only the good.
JMO