Oil sands will be Canada’s economic engine for next 25 to 30 years
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I think the use of "economic engine" in this statement implies a dependance that does not exist. Canada's economy is fuelled by debt, or rather put by an abundance of credit. The promise of future profit by banking institutions. The value of labor, food, shelter and clothing, etc, is the engine. Resource consumption rates have to keep increasing to maintain the speed of this engine, and the big problem with this formula is that it's unsustainable.
The polititions way to deal with it is to put it off to future generations. To live in relative luxury, and be damned the grandkids, that's the spirit today.
The oil sands would be better described as Canada's cocaine addiction, an illusion of economic genius and superiority that we have, at a great cost to humanity.
The polititions way to deal with it is to put it off to future generations. To live in relative luxury, and be damned the grandkids, that's the spirit today.
The oil sands would be better described as Canada's cocaine addiction, an illusion of economic genius and superiority that we have, at a great cost to humanity.
more lulz for the self-harming 'Canadians'
Over the next few decades, the Canadian Energy Research Institute estimates a boon of $2.1 trillion in economic benefits over the next 25 years and about 905,000 jobs by 2035.
“The oil sands are going to be the economic engine for the country for the foreseeable future, for the next 25 to 30 years, and it is akin to the impact of building the national railway in the 1880s,” Marc Joiner, a partner at Deloitte in Toronto, told the Edmonton Journal. “There was dissent back then about spending all that money on the railway, but now we ask how could you not have done that. It is the same with the oilsands.
Over the next few decades, the Canadian Energy Research Institute estimates a boon of $2.1 trillion in economic benefits over the next 25 years and about 905,000 jobs by 2035.
“The oil sands are going to be the economic engine for the country for the foreseeable future, for the next 25 to 30 years, and it is akin to the impact of building the national railway in the 1880s,” Marc Joiner, a partner at Deloitte in Toronto, told the Edmonton Journal. “There was dissent back then about spending all that money on the railway, but now we ask how could you not have done that. It is the same with the oilsands.
And then, in hot and parched post-petroleum world, our fresh water reserves will be the economic engine for generations. It will likely so valuable and coveted on a planet of 10-12 billion that we will be a juicy target for takeover and invasion. Our descendants will almost certainly have to fight for their sovereignty ... and for the first time since 1814 on Canadian soil.
Fresh water is literally the stuff of life and its value will eventually dwarf that of the oil sands.
Fresh water is literally the stuff of life and its value will eventually dwarf that of the oil sands.
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Why fight a war for some swamp water that is ice most of the year when fresh water can be gathered by collecting sea ice directly into super tankers?
Pumping sea water to a certain elevation should allow gravity to push it through the desalting membrane at a rate that is productive for the area and at a reasonable cost. Solar distilling might also be attractive for climates that hot year around and that could be done without the big pumps needed to get the water to a high elevation.
The illusion of no easy solution is one of the better fake control systems that is allowed to operate by the ones who claim to have a handle on things.
Pumping sea water to a certain elevation should allow gravity to push it through the desalting membrane at a rate that is productive for the area and at a reasonable cost. Solar distilling might also be attractive for climates that hot year around and that could be done without the big pumps needed to get the water to a high elevation.
The illusion of no easy solution is one of the better fake control systems that is allowed to operate by the ones who claim to have a handle on things.
Well, if suppose if we turn all our fresh water into tailings ponds and frack contaminate most of our ground water, we should be a less attractive target.
Hey, now THATS the sort of thinking that spells LEADERSHIP.
There's a place for you.
Somewhere.
I said sea ice, ice bergs are calved out of glaciers.
Earth's north pole is covered by floating pack ice (sea ice) over the Arctic Ocean. Portions of the ice that do not melt seasonally can get very thick, up to 3–4 meters thick over large areas, with ridges up to 20 meters thick. One-year ice is usually about 1 meter thick.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polar_ice_cap
Do you really think Hudson Bay ice gets to a depth of 100's of ft. every year?
Earth's north pole is covered by floating pack ice (sea ice) over the Arctic Ocean. Portions of the ice that do not melt seasonally can get very thick, up to 3–4 meters thick over large areas, with ridges up to 20 meters thick. One-year ice is usually about 1 meter thick.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polar_ice_cap
Do you really think Hudson Bay ice gets to a depth of 100's of ft. every year?
They are irratic shapes and they change shape and trim, all of the time ... and when the do they roll over and find a new trim. It happens all the time just by natural melting. Remove some mechanically and it will happen without warning and frequently, too. what you are proposing is about as dangerous as climbing down into active volcano to harvest the lava. When is it going to blow/roll? Any time, now. Anytime.
The idea would make a nice 1940's Popular Science article, though.
