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Originally Posted by GGG
Oil will be bought from who can supply it the cheapest. Really the alternative barrels are likely US shale and the whole Saudi thing is more propaganda then truth.
However when people start wanting to assign upstream GHG effects to a pipeline and compare the GHGs of the oilsands to the GHGs of Saudi oil then as part of that equation you should also include the barrels of blood and oppression required to bring you each source of oil.
Or we could approve pipelines because they are the safest, most efficient way to transport crude.
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We actually do import a significant amount of oil form Saudi. I have no idea how a Canadian can justify supporting that horrible regime, rather than supporting Canadian jobs and our economy. It's mind boggling.
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data:
http://www5.statcan.gc.ca/cimt-cicm/...odityId=270900
It's close to 11%, at $2.5 billion which I would consider significant.