01-30-2015, 09:00 PM
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#21
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: NB
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Originally Posted by Jacks
Except the money that pays for schools, infrastructure, health care, etc. right?
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If you take the fact that it's a major cause of pollution and destroying environments, then sure.
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01-30-2015, 09:01 PM
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#22
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by JohnnySkittles
Oh yeah, I know. I just despise anything relating to the Oil industry.
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Then turn off your computer, get rid of your cell phone, and start riding around everywhere on horseback.
Also: partial list of products made from petroleum
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01-30-2015, 09:02 PM
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#23
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by blankall
This deal won't affect how much oil the US is using, just where it comes from. The world will be a better place when the US is no longer dependent on middle eastern oil.
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The Keystone pipeline isn't being built (potentially) to supply the US with Oil
its being built to ship oil overseas
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01-30-2015, 09:03 PM
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#24
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: NB
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lol, typical Albertans. Oil as a major resource is on the way out anyways.
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01-30-2015, 09:06 PM
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#25
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#1 Goaltender
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Originally Posted by JohnnySkittles
Oh yeah, I know. I just despise anything relating to the Oil industry.
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That's probably from your deep understanding of what the oil industry is, and the balanced reporting you get from Eastern media that is basically a mirror image of fox news.
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01-30-2015, 09:12 PM
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#26
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Originally Posted by JohnnySkittles
lol, typical Albertans. Oil as a major resource is on the way out anyways.
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At 33% of world primary energy usage and nearly all energy used for transportation, the only thing that can replace oil would be synthetic fuels created by the energy of cheap fusion.
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01-30-2015, 09:13 PM
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#27
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by JohnnySkittles
lol, typical Albertans. Oil as a major resource is on the way out anyways.
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I think there might be a few people on this forum who think the same. Your comments don't really help your case though as they aren't backed by nothing else other than (what seems to be) your conviction.
Maybe putting down more than short condescending posts might help other users engage in a debate with you and help both sides determine where the differences lie. There are plenty of users who back up their comments with links to data and studies and I would suspect that a decent discussion over this topic might come if you provide some support to your side.
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01-30-2015, 09:45 PM
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#28
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Clinching Party
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JohnnySkittles
lol, typical Albertans. Oil as a major resource is on the way out anyways.
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LOL!
Are you in New Brunswick?
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01-30-2015, 10:10 PM
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#29
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: 127.0.0.1
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Originally Posted by Flames in 07
That's probably from your deep understanding of what the oil industry is, and the balanced reporting you get from Eastern media that is basically a mirror image of fox news.
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Page 8 or whatever of the Calgary sun with Ezra levant seems to be a training ground for Fox News
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01-30-2015, 10:20 PM
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#30
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: SW Calgary
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Originally Posted by JohnnySkittles
If you take the fact that it's a major cause of pollution and destroying environments, then sure.
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Oil companies simply supply a demand. Society needs oil, don't act like it's some detrimental thing being forced upon people against their will.
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01-30-2015, 10:45 PM
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#31
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Supporting Urban Sprawl
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Originally Posted by JohnnySkittles
Oh yeah, I know. I just despise anything relating to the Oil industry.
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I enjoy walking and my horse really likes the chinooks this time of year.
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01-30-2015, 11:49 PM
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#32
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Looooooooooooooch
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Bahahaha is this guy for real? He must be trolling...
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01-31-2015, 01:16 AM
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#33
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Crash and Bang Winger
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Originally Posted by JohnnySkittles
lol, typical Albertans. Oil as a major resource is on the way out anyways.
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ya you're welcome for having a province... Good n' you??
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01-31-2015, 05:22 AM
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#34
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: 110
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Originally Posted by JohnnySkittles
If you take the fact that it's a major cause of pollution and destroying environments, then sure.
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Yep, it is and the world is dependent on it. What are you doing to limit your footprint?
Also I assume you've cut out all meat from your diet then and only eat locally grown vegan otherwise you're contributing as much pollution and harm to the environment.
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01-31-2015, 05:44 AM
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#35
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Sunshine Coast
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Originally Posted by peter12
Are you 14 or 15 years old?
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I'm pretty sure he really is, so take this into consideration when replying to him.
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01-31-2015, 06:57 AM
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#36
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Calgary, AB
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Originally Posted by RougeUnderoos
LOL!
Are you in New Brunswick?
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He should be careful, with the decline in the oil industry the government might not be able to afford paying him EI for 6 months of every year.
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01-31-2015, 02:09 PM
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#37
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Wucka Wocka Wacka
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: East of the Rockies, West of the Rest
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All oil bashing/glorifying aside...I do worry that Alberta's economy is so linked to oil that any swing the price of the commodity blows our economy around. Also, I'm not sure that
A: the internal combustion engine will be the dominant design for transportation for a long time and
B: that Alberta's oil will be price competitive (if increased environmental costs are factored into production)
Get all frothy if you want, but we should exploit the oil sector for all its worth now and (most importantly) use that to transform our economy into something else.
The oil gravy train is a limited time offer IMHO...Lougheed knew this
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01-31-2015, 03:53 PM
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#38
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Crash and Bang Winger
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: #### off
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dino7c
The Keystone pipeline isn't being built (potentially) to supply the US with Oil
its being built to ship oil overseas
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You are incorrect. The Houston Lateral is being built off of Keystone to bring oil to the heavy oil refineries in the Houston area.
http://www.transcanada.com/houston-lateral.html
While some of the oil will probably be exported a good chunk of it will be consumed by the US.
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02-04-2015, 02:31 PM
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#39
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: The Void between Darkness and Light
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Plummeting oil prices have undermined one of the primary arguments for building the Keystone XL pipeline, the Environmental Protection Agency has told the State Department in a letter that implicitly urges a White House rejection of the controversial project.
The EPA letter to the State Department’s special envoy on the issue also cites new analysis suggesting that the 1,100-mile pipeline would be more harmful to the environment than earlier studies had predicted. The note was released less than a week before the Republican-controlled House is expected to cast a vote that could put the pipeline’s fate squarely in the hands of President Obama.
Earlier analyses by the State Department had suggested that the pipeline would ultimately have little impact on the environment, since the oil extracted from TransCanada Corp.’s Alberta tar-sands mines would likely find its way to refineries and markets, even if it had to be shipped over costlier rail lines. But the recent drop in oil prices changes that calculus, wrote Cynthia Giles, the EPA’s assistant administrator for enforcement and compliance.
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02-04-2015, 03:05 PM
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#40
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: The wagon's name is "Gaudreau"
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Originally Posted by Roof-Daddy
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Don't forget glasses, shoes, and jackets. Basically you're gonna have to ride bareback on that horse wearing nothing but a burlap bag.
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