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Originally Posted by Daradon
Well yeah, it is. Kinda a no-brainer. But that doesn't mean it shouldn't be done. What are Canadian protesters going to do about Saudi oil policy? Really? Your example has about the same sense as a 5 year old arguing, 'it's not fair'. Maybe it's not, but does that change the conversation, or the importance of cleaning it up here?
The only thing they can do, is attack it from the demand side, which they are trying to do with green initiatives. Which the government seems to be working against. So we can sell our oil. So really, the best place to protest IS here.
And guess what? If demand does go down, that will affect change everywhere. Little by little, it will help.
Lastly, once there is change in places we can affect change, it makes it easier to affect change in other places. We've seen that will all other sorts of humanitarian and environmental change. It may not be as fast or as dramatic as you want, but it happens.
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How exactly is opposing pipelines attacking the demand side of this issue?
Creating larger demand for much worse sources of oil by reducing Canadian supply seems to be rather counterproductive doesn't it?
One thing Canadian protesters could do is refuse to use oil sourced from Countries with much worse environmental, social, and human rights records than Canada. That would mean stopping Canada's importation of foreign oil. And it would also mean building a large trans-Canada pipeline to be self sufficient.