@white_swan53 Said 
I heard a rumor that in some way , the way the oil is bring acquired was bad for the country of Canada . Has anyone else heard or read this and if so could you link to it?
Don't feel too bad. TransCanada promised Canadians jobs too, buuuut...
I'm personally sick and tired of all of these pipeline ads that've been almost constantly aired on Canadian TV, promising to create 'new jobs' for Canadians as well as to work towards being 'sustainable' and other power words that make the common man/woman/skunk think that they want to make a difference and aren't just going to be siphoning Canadian oil to Asian markets for a huge profit. The fact that most of it is going to run through BC, specifically the Thompson-Okanagon/Central Interior regions doesn't sit right with me either as that's where a lot of BC's old growth forests are, as well as certain animal species found nowhere else in the world. If one of the pipes were to rupture in an area like this, not only would it completely devastate an entire ecosystem, but in such a remote area with very few roads besides the highways and little off-roads, it would take an absurd amount of time to cap said rupture, resulting in even more damage and destruction.
If the tailings pond breach that happened last year is any indication of things to come, then about 6 years from now, instead of staring in awe at the sheer power and majesty of the mountains and trees as you drive up the Coquihalla, you'll be greeted by giant, metal pipes snaking over/through the mountains, sections completely devoid of trees and thick, black lakes of oil leftover from when the pipe burst 3 years prior and TransCanada put a whole $10,000 towards clean-up because any more would've cut into their profit margin. They might as well start changing the province slogan from 'Beautiful British Columbia' to 'Blackened British Columbia.'
Jan 06, 2015 @ 04:43:14
