just to piss you off . . . .

[errolanderson]

Cheap gas is good for consumers with a job. Without a job, not so good.

The western CDN oil industry is the backbone of the CDN economy. To suggest that cheap gas is a better solution than jobs in our country is being quite self-centred.

We need to get our act together as a country. For us to ship in Saudi oil the very country that is predatory pricing globally while Quebec decides what is best only for themselves, but continues to cash our support cheques suggests huge political divides and a dire need for strong political leadership.

I have never been so concerned about the well- fare of our country as right now.

[Oliver88]

Quebec prefers their from Islamic dictators it seems.

[riders2010]

Think outside the brainwash Errol why is oil the backbone? Because it's all we ve been brainwashed into thinking we need to do. It's a Ponzi scheme where the puppets are controlled and we vote them in thinking they are doing something for us when the reality is it's a scam all being done for them. Ten years ago we were told there is such a shortage of oil that's why the price has to be so high. That high price limits what else we can do and develop. That was all a scam agree or not?

Low dollar low oil. Why aren't we selling that to investors? The reason is our puppets have to earn their pay and find a way to increase oil prices
Maybe start a war?

[FarmRanger]

<i>"Think outside the brainwash"</i>
Yes, good idea.
Fact: The Saudis are pumping oil like its going out of style trying to run higher cost producers out of business.
Fact: If they succeed, we'll be back to paying high, industry and standard of living killing energy costs, because windmills won't power, and even if they could, it would be at many times the cost of even the highest oil costs.
Fact: If we're going to use oil anyway, it makes way more sense to use our own Canadian oil than buy it elsewhere, let alone from repressive human rights abusing nations.

The rhetoric coming from Quebec mayors is nasty, factually incorrect and harmful to Canada as a whole, including Quebec IMHO

And here in Alberta, instead of attracting industry with the advantage of low energy costs, we're putting on "carbon taxes" to make sure we kill our other industries that might survive low oil prices.
Sad.

[cottonpicken]

Fact:how could we be so clueless as to expect someone else to do the poduction cuts while we drill and pump away. Heh OPEC cut production ****in insane their just screwing us eh,those snooks are just trying to bankrupt shale,lol,welcome to the free market hillbilly let's ask Australia to cut back wheat production and stop screwing us

God the lack of logic drives me nuts

[farmaholic]

How do we compete with this?

http://knoema.com/rqaebad/cost-of-producing-a-barrel-of-crude-oil-by-country

This might be a live link:

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[ajl]

Cheap gas is VERY good for those laid off from $40 per hour jobs and replaced them with $20 per hour jobs. $20 per hour in hyper inflationary AB is merely chump change. The whole energy east fiasco demonstrates that Canuckistan is disfunctional and it is all over but the crying. Political leadership needed on the separation front as nothing else will do.

[bucket]

What happens when saudi oil goes back up and the east can't access the western Canadian supply?

Not sure why the taps don't get shut off occasionally to remind people like codderre what's at stake.

Fill the tanks with saudi oil when it's cheap and you can't get alberta oil but why no one wants these pipelines when canada would be self sufficient in oil is beyond me.

Nothing wrong with being able to have constant supply and the ability to say it's too expensive to either supplier.

[FarmRanger]

It's illogical to block the usage of Canadian oil in Canada. The energy east pipeline or the northern gateway were both going to be privately funded.
But we've got a bunch of useful idiots brainwashed into thinking that if we burn foreign oil instead of Canadian oil, that somehow the planet will be better off. Well, kumbaya singing idiots, all you're doing is wrecking your own economy while supporting terrorist sponsoring nations.

Nobody is asking eastern Canadians to pay more, or even subsidize Canadian oil, just stop kneecapping our own industry and let us use more efficient and safe pipelines instead of more costly rail. (I wish we could put wheat through a pipeline and bypass the railroads, but I suppose some whacko group would try to block it even if we could).

[mbratrud]

Won't be delivering to G3 anytime soon. Why line the Saudi's pockets.