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38. Sounds like Manhattan in the 1970s.

Reply to geardaddy (Reply #33)

Thu Jan 19, 2012, 02:10 PM

Jan 2012

Black Snot, literally - and that wasn't just a Punk Band at the time.

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Canada will look to China to sell its oil [View all] alp227 Jan 2012 OP

It's not like they were not going to do that in the first place. GoCubsGo Jan 2012 #1

Bingo lovuian Jan 2012 #2

This may not be true or quite accurate The Traveler Jan 2012 #5

Nonsense Sen. Walter Sobchak Jan 2012 #9

The Trans Mountain pipeline is oversubscribed by 69% it needs expansion pschoeb Jan 2012 #11

Existing pipe quakerboy Jan 2012 #24

I'm not suprised there is a record number of attendees Sen. Walter Sobchak Jan 2012 #27

Since when did anyone actually believe it was going anywhere else? RoccoR5955 Jan 2012 #3

You ROCK! BeHereNow Jan 2012 #18

A tragedy for Canada. JackRiddler Jan 2012 #4

True that. Amonester Jan 2012 #7

not to mention solar DonCoquixote Jan 2012 #15

Of course. JackRiddler Jan 2012 #21

In most places they run cars on gas minavasht Jan 2012 #19

This is changing. JackRiddler Jan 2012 #20

Yes minavasht Jan 2012 #42

see reply 43. Devil_Fish Jan 2012 #44

And prithee how does this justify shale oil? JackRiddler Jan 2012 #45

Don't forget that GM killed their electric car RoccoR5955 Jan 2012 #31

According to the US Census Bureau minavasht Jan 2012 #41

A loaf of bread, an automobile, what's the difference? JackRiddler Jan 2012 #46

Two words: Nissan Leaf Devil_Fish Jan 2012 #43

They are listed at 33k here in Orlando minavasht Jan 2012 #50

Perhaps a vehicle that cost $8K and gets better then 50mpg would interest you. Devil_Fish Jan 2012 #51

I've toyed with the idea minavasht Jan 2012 #55

They're not developing the tar sands for domestic use. It's for export NickB79 Jan 2012 #52

So? Does that make it less suicidal? Less of a crime against posterity? JackRiddler Jan 2012 #54

seems to me that oil was NEVER going to stay in the USA, it was all for export out nt msongs Jan 2012 #6

What�s So Radical About Caring for the Earth and Opposing Enbridge's Northern Gateway Pipeline? polly7 Jan 2012 #8

bravo DonCoquixote Jan 2012 #14

Most do. laundry_queen Jan 2012 #48

Good to hear from an Alberta resident DonCoquixote Jan 2012 #49

Did anyone ever get any idea why they were going to run it hedgehog Jan 2012 #10

and the people whop said Obama would cave DonCoquixote Jan 2012 #12

I thought he would cave quakerboy Jan 2012 #26

I, also, was afraid he would cave. I am thrilled that he did not, and I will remember this. NT juajen Jan 2012 #30

He is holding speaker Boehners' stock in five of these oil companies hostage julian09 Jan 2012 #34

I thought he would cave (he has on so many other things)... FedUp_Queer Jan 2012 #35

Personally, I think any civilized country should not be doing any business with China. TigerToMany Jan 2012 #13

+1 Rhiannon12866 Jan 2012 #17

or Cuba or Saudi Arabia or Pakistan... FedUp_Queer Jan 2012 #36

Fuck you, Stephen Harper. AverageJoe90 Jan 2012 #16

Jack Leyton would have been a great PM...alas...let's hope there's another. FedUp_Queer Jan 2012 #37

Leyton, too. Or at the very least, another Laurier would be nice to see. nt AverageJoe90 Jan 2012 #47

Canada is going to refile application Tx4obama Jan 2012 #22

When China begins burning those tarsands from Canada..... DeSwiss Jan 2012 #23

I lived in the PRC in 84-85 geardaddy Jan 2012 #33

Sounds like Manhattan in the 1970s. leveymg Jan 2012 #38

China's exporting their pollution to Canada NickB79 Jan 2012 #53

Converting (relatively) clean Alaska gas into carbon sludge for export to Chinese industrial plants. leveymg Jan 2012 #25

Isn't the US the only country really equipped to refine this nasty stuff? joshcryer Jan 2012 #28

Harper's mascara ran as he cried DeathToTheOil Jan 2012 #29

China won't know it's expensive and dirty oil Bragi Jan 2012 #32

No surprise, at all. PRC encourages cigarette smoking as a form of stress and population control. leveymg Jan 2012 #39

Sounds like one of those old Camel ads TigerToMany Jan 2012 #40