One of the clearest memories I have from my only trip to Norway is the repeated failures at hitching a ride. What appeared to be an unbroken string of brand new Audi’s and BMW’s whizzed by my friend and I, dirty and sweaty after a few days hiking and camping in the mountains. “Where am I […]
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The Disaffected Lib: The "Piss Away" Province
The key to understanding the dilemma is to realize that Tar Sand, bitumen, is just a part of Alberta’s oil history. The province has also produced a vast amount of conventional crude oil. It’s actually produced and exported a good deal more conventional crude oil than Norway. That brings us
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Norway Dumps High Carbon Fossil Fuels. Adios, Athabasca.
It’s the largest sovereign wealth fund on the planet; Norway’s pride and Canada’s shame; and it’s divesting, getting out of coal, bitumen, concrete and gold mining. If Steve Harper and Jim Prentice thought Keystone XL was a headache, this could give them fits. Norway’s Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG), worth
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: What’ll It Be, Christy – Alberta or Norway?
A report came out this week concluding that British Columbia’s reserves of natural gas may be twice as great as previously thought. The numbers, if accurate, would put British Columbia right up there with Alberta in the “money for nothing” club only our wealth would be in a windfall
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