Geez, there's nothing quite like the professional approach, rationale and common sense of a fired up Greenpeacer. I regret wasting the time it took to read her "bit".
Does anyone actually think that oil companies don't really understand the nature of diluted bitumen and therefore do nothing to address its proper handling?
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Geez, there's nothing quite like the professional approach, rationale and common sense of a fired up Greenpeacer. I regret wasting the time it took to read her "bit".
Does anyone actually think that oil companies don't really understand the nature of diluted bitumen and therefore do nothing to address its proper handling?
Regrettably it seems some do KC4...
Ignorance is bliss dontcha know and for some can be used as a weapon in the "(mis)information" wars. I see examples of it almost every day.
Geez, there's nothing quite like the professional approach, rationale and common sense of a fired up Greenpeacer. I regret wasting the time it took to read her "bit".
Does anyone actually think that oil companies don't really understand the nature of diluted bitumen and therefore do nothing to address its proper handling?
Well if you didn't like that critique, you're probably not interested in listening to CBC's the house this morning (you can still catch the podcast, but why bother).
If they (the oil companies) did understand the nature of diluted bitumen, why are there these oil spills occurring that often and the responses being referred to as 'keystone kops'? 2% of capacity acceptable?? Really??
I'm glad to see the government (whose sole purpose these days seems to be advancing the interests of the oil patch...) and Enbridge having their feet held to the fire, regardless of how this all plays out.
Gutted environmental standards, reviews, and reduced information available to the public, is NOT in our best interests, despite the rhetoric coming from Harper and crew.
If they (the oil companies) did understand the nature of diluted bitumen, why are there these oil spills occurring that often and the responses being referred to as 'keystone kops'? 2% of capacity acceptable?? Really??
I'm glad to see the government (whose sole purpose these days seems to be advancing the interests of the oil patch...) and Enbridge having their feet held to the fire, regardless of how this all plays out.
Gutted environmental standards, reviews, and reduced information available to the public, is NOT in our best interests, despite the rhetoric coming from Harper and crew.
Does anyone actually think that oil companies don't really understand the nature of diluted bitumen and therefore do nothing to address its proper handling?
i think many people think they understand it just fine, but they just don't care enough about it in the face of profits. the very nature of their corporate entity qualifies everything in their view as a dollar & cents proposition, and as their business model focuses on extracting the product, that is what drives their decisions, not the danger of environmental spills.
the above was clearly demonstrated in the Kalamazoo spill where enbridge was aware of the cracked pipe for years.
and for some can be used as a weapon in the "(mis)information" wars. I see examples of it almost every day.
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