Subj : Re: Gas Crunch
To   : Newborn
From : Finnigann
Date : Wed Sep 07 2005 01:19:00

-=> Newborn wrote to Finnigann <=-

 Ne>   Re: Re: Gas Crunch
 Ne>   By: Finnigann to Newborn on
 Ne> Wed Aug 31 2005 11:18 pm

 > -=> Newborn wrote to Deuce <=-
 >
 >  Ne>   Re: Gas Crunch
 >  Ne>   By: Deuce to Newborn on
 >  Ne> Wed Aug 31 2005 11:15 am
 >
 >  >   Re: Gas Crunch
 >  >   By: Newborn to Deuce on Tue Aug 30 2005 23:41:00
 >  >
 >  >  >  > They've been doing it for years and it's been economically feasable
 >  >  >  > time.
 >  >  >  >
 >  >  >    Maybe so, but I don't think it's done a thing to improve OUR suply
 >  >
 >  > Hrm... from the USA embassy website:
 >  > The U.S. and Canada enjoy the largest energy trade relationship in the wo
 >  > with Canada being the single largest foreign supplier of energy to the Un
 >  > States \u2013 17% of U.S. oil imports and 18% of U.S. natural gas demand.
 >  > Recognition of the commercial viability of Canada\u2019s oil sands has ra
 >  > Canada\u2019s proven reserves to 180 billion barrels, making it the
 >  > world\u2019s second-largest holder of reserves after Saudi Arabia. The
 >  > electricity grids of the United States and Canada are linked and both cou
 >  > share hydropower facilities on the Western borders. Quebec is a major sou
 >  > electricity for New England.
 >  >
 >  > Considering we're a large part of your oil support, and we have gobs of i
 >  > appears you're wrong.
 >  >
 >
 >  Ne>    I agree with the Candian/US relationship, the US developed the
 >  Ne> Alaskan pipeline and then turned around and sent that oil to Japan,
 >  Ne> with the though of replacing it with Saudi crude.  Thus using one of
 >  Ne> our OUR own resources for supporting a foreign country instead of our
 >  Ne> own economy.
 >
 >
 > I heard/read that we didn't have refinning capacity enough to handle the Ala
 > crude on the west coast.
 >
 > ... They couldn't hit an elephant at this dist...


 Ne>   That's true.  They built the pipeline to move the oil, but not the
 Ne> refineries
 Ne>   to process it.  Instead they put it in oil tankers and sent it to
 Ne> japan.

Which is undoubtedly a good business plan, but I am not so sure about their
sincerety in regards to tearing up the ANWAR range for our use.

.... Waiter, I want a crocodile sandwhich, and make it snappy!
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