March 18, 200323 yr Thirty years ago, the government of Canada banned oil and gas exploration from the waters off Canada's West Coast. A decade later, the government of British Columbia issued a similar ban for offshore regions claimed by the province. Today, in an attempt to deal with a large budget deficit, the BC government is encouraging offshore development and is urging the federal government to lift its moratorium. Your action is urgently needed to keep BC waters oil and gass free. The Economic Union committee of the federal cabinet is currently considering appointing a panel to examine lifting the oil and gas moratorium. Please follow the link below to take action, and urge family members, friends and colleagues to do the same. Please help ensure that Canada's spectacular West Coast is conserved for future generations. Send a free fax with your concerns to Prime Minister Chrétien and Environment Minister David Anderson, Industry Minister Herb Dhaliwal and MP Stephen Owen, minister responsible for the Western Diversification Fund. Visit http://www.davidsuzuki.org/Oceans/Oildrilling/ to Take Action and tell the Prime Minister and his ministers that BC waters must remain oil and gas free. It only takes a second and if we get enough help who knows maybe the people will actually get what they want for once.
March 19, 200323 yr can you guys give more info on this...has there been problems with drilling and removing the oil safely in the past???..seems like if your economy is suffering and you could do this w/o harming the enviorment it would be a good thing..so where am i wrong???
March 19, 200323 yr Author can you guys give more info on this...has there been problems with drilling and removing the oil safely in the past???..seems like if your economy is suffering and you could do this w/o harming the enviorment it would be a good thing..so where am i wrong??? All the information you need is at the link. If you don't agree with it however don't send a fax.
March 19, 200323 yr can you guys give more info on this...has there been problems with drilling and removing the oil safely in the past???..seems like if your economy is suffering and you could do this w/o harming the enviorment it would be a good thing..so where am i wrong??? Drilling oil is harmful to the environment no matter what you do. That, and its time to find an alternative to fossil fuels before we kill the planet.
March 19, 200323 yr Damn oil companies. But we're going to have so much oil after the Iraq War that drilling in BC won't be necessary
March 19, 200323 yr Damn oil companies. But we're going to have so much oil after the Iraq War that drilling in BC won't be necessary yeah that may be true....but will it still be good to use with all that radiation that seeps into the ground and mixes with it or will it cause my car to glow?????
March 19, 200323 yr can you guys give more info on this...has there been problems with drilling and removing the oil safely in the past???..seems like if your economy is suffering and you could do this w/o harming the enviorment it would be a good thing..so where am i wrong??? Drilling oil is harmful to the environment no matter what you do. That, and its time to find an alternative to fossil fuels before we kill the planet. Well, I'm not scientist, but at some of the oil things off the coast in California, it is where all the fish live. A lot of life is there because the water is warmer and certain type of fish can use the lines or pipes or whatever they are as life grows on them. The few times I've went deep sea fishing, the people always say you go on the pipeline because its where all the fish are and they have excelled in these conditions.
March 19, 200323 yr Author Damn oil companies. But we're going to have so much oil after the Iraq War that drilling in BC won't be necessary It's not going to be America drilling it's going to be Canada.
March 19, 200323 yr can you guys give more info on this...has there been problems with drilling and removing the oil safely in the past???..seems like if your economy is suffering and you could do this w/o harming the enviorment it would be a good thing..so where am i wrong??? Baggio, I utter your sentiments exactly. Kip, I'll read the thing over and see what exactly has happened and what the whole plans are, etc.
March 19, 200323 yr Damn oil companies. But we're going to have so much oil after the Iraq War that drilling in BC won't be necessary What? You can't drill in two places at once?
March 20, 200323 yr Damn oil companies. But we're going to have so much oil after the Iraq War that drilling in BC won't be necessary It's not going to be America drilling it's going to be Canada. I know. My point was that since the liberals in America think that the Iraq War is strictly for oil..... and since America is the biggest consumer of fossil fuels..... then, since America is going into Iraq for the oil..... BC won't have any real reason to drill since America..... being the biggest consumer of fossil fuels..... will be using the oil surplus from Iraq, not BC. No demand for the oil, no reason to drill.
March 20, 200323 yr Damn oil companies. But we're going to have so much oil after the Iraq War that drilling in BC won't be necessary It's not going to be America drilling it's going to be Canada. I know. My point was that since the liberals in America think that the Iraq War is strictly for oil..... and since America is the biggest consumer of fossil fuels..... then, since America is going into Iraq for the oil..... BC won't have any real reason to drill since America..... being the biggest consumer of fossil fuels..... will be using the oil surplus from Iraq, not BC. No demand for the oil, no reason to drill. Remember, We don't import much oil from Iraq. I think California is the state most effected by Iraqi oil, otherwise we aren't dependent at all on it. Plus the embargos set up allowed only a small % of oil to be exported at least to the US. We did start to allow more to be exported as long as they used the money to help the people and stuff like that. Thats what I read in the Wall Street Journal at least. Had to read the article for class, and I was glad I did. Quick question, the oil fires, how much oil will that country lose if they light up all the wells?
March 20, 200323 yr Damn oil companies. But we're going to have so much oil after the Iraq War that drilling in BC won't be necessary It's not going to be America drilling it's going to be Canada. I know. My point was that since the liberals in America think that the Iraq War is strictly for oil..... and since America is the biggest consumer of fossil fuels..... then, since America is going into Iraq for the oil..... BC won't have any real reason to drill since America..... being the biggest consumer of fossil fuels..... will be using the oil surplus from Iraq, not BC. No demand for the oil, no reason to drill. Remember, We don't import much oil from Iraq. I think California is the state most effected by Iraqi oil, otherwise we aren't dependent at all on it. Plus the embargos set up allowed only a small % of oil to be exported at least to the US. We did start to allow more to be exported as long as they used the money to help the people and stuff like that. Thats what I read in the Wall Street Journal at least. Had to read the article for class, and I was glad I did. Quick question, the oil fires, how much oil will that country lose if they light up all the wells? whats the deal with gas out in california??...i heard something like california has to have refineries make a special gas for them...something like that which makes it the highest gas prioces in the country...i know your taxes on gas are high too but this something else
March 20, 200323 yr Well the main reason is the taxes, but our gas is refined different then all the other gas for pollution reasons. Its supposed to be cleaner burning then the rest of them. I dont' know exactly what they do, but they always keep it as clean as possible, so they have to process it specially for California. Its funny cause we actually get oil from California, while places in the midwest that have no oil have cheaper oil prices. Right now its 2.19 a gallon for the cheap stuff out here. Its pretty freaking ridiculous. When I was in Arizona it was 1.78.
March 21, 200323 yr BC's economy is really shot, so they have to look at it. Their pine trees are all dieing those pine beatles are in my town now :fyou :fyou :fyou :fyou :fyou pine beatly f***s.
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