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Offline Queefer Sutherland

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Re: Alberta provincial election
« Reply #45 on: April 17, 2019, 11:55:28 am »
Some people want to see more progress towards clean(er) energy, while others rely on the production of traditional (dirty) energy to pay their bills. Both valid points. There will be an end to fossil fuels somewhere down the road so we need to deal with that. Throwing stones across provincial borders isn't the way so hopefully cooler heads will prevail so we can make a smoother, sensible transition.

We also have to realize that blocking pipelines will not reduce the global use of oil.  Cars, trucks, planes, boats/ships, farming vehicles etc are going to run on oil for the foreseeable future not matter what AB or BC does, until clean vehicles & energy generation technology etc reaches critical mass.

It can't be understated how much the AB economy relies on oil and pipelines, and how much people in AB have been brutalized by the global drop in price in oil.  I have friends I know out of jobs, smart people, engineers etc, sitting at home who can't find work.  Stifling the pipelines only further puts salt in ABs wounds.

When a ton of jobs and incomes are on the line for people in your province, whether people like it or not, it is the AB premier's job to do everything in their power to get the oil flowing. Even if Kenney has to wage all-out trade warfare with BC or Ottawa, that's his job to do it.  It will make them realize how dependent we all are on AB and their oil.
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