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rubecube · 01-28-2016, 11:59 AM

I also think one of the bigger problems is that the oil companies themselves have a massive credibility problem after trying to fight and obfuscate the climate change debate for so long. It's come to the point where, even if what they're saying is true, people aren't going to believe them. I think that's also one of the reasons why having the Conservatives in power and basically being cheerleaders for the industry hurt things. People had the perception that government was just trying to cater to the oil companies, so nothing they said could be trusted.

We've seen similar things happen in other industries (anti-vaccines and "Big Pharma," anti-GMO and Monsanto). I actually am of the belief that Trudeau wants to get most of these pipelines built, because the Liberals have never been all that far off from the Conservatives on economic policies, but he has a huge credibility issue to address first.

01-28-2016, 11:59 AM	#925
rubecube Franchise Player Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Victoria Exp:	I also think one of the bigger problems is that the oil companies themselves have a massive credibility problem after trying to fight and obfuscate the climate change debate for so long. It's come to the point where, even if what they're saying is true, people aren't going to believe them. I think that's also one of the reasons why having the Conservatives in power and basically being cheerleaders for the industry hurt things. People had the perception that government was just trying to cater to the oil companies, so nothing they said could be trusted. We've seen similar things happen in other industries (anti-vaccines and "Big Pharma," anti-GMO and Monsanto). I actually am of the belief that Trudeau wants to get most of these pipelines built, because the Liberals have never been all that far off from the Conservatives on economic policies, but he has a huge credibility issue to address first.