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Originally Posted by crazy_eoj
Definitely agree. We should be promoting domestic sources of oil as much as possible where we have stringent environmental regulations and oversight on development.
Importing oil or supporting further production from places like Libya, Africa and Venezuela where there are literally zero considerations for environmental impacts, let alone their human rights records is morally bankrupt. We should be developing as much of our petroleum resources as possible here in Canada.
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Or at least suspending/capping their production until they can prove that the extraction methods comply with US/Canadian standards.
I had to sign off on a bunch of "conflict mineral" sheets the last few months that certified I wasn't using illegally mined minerals in steel production. It's commonplace with diamonds and expanding to steel making, why shouldn't it include oil? Or do we just accept oil as being too large a resource to control, thereby turning a blind eye to questionable (unethical) means of extraction?
I admit I don't know much about worldwide O&G production, but isn't that a legitimate question?