Harper, to the extent he thinks at all, thinks regular inspection of bitumen supertankers and a bit more aerial surveillance should put coastal British Columbians’ concerns to rest. Harper curiously doesn’t know that the Hecate Strait is truly biblical. The massive winds that tear at the place can actually part
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The Disaffected Lib: Enbridge Pulls Out All the Stops
In yesterday’s paper there was a story that, contrary to eco-terrorists’ claims, dilbit floats and so is quite amenable to conventional oil spill recovery efforts. The claim, naturally, came from an Enbridge spokesman. Guess what? He’s right. Dilbit, the mixture of bitumen and the dilutents necessary to lower its
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Here’s What We’re Up Against
There are a number of differences between the grounded Royal Dutch Shell oil drilling platform ship, Kulluk, and the sort of supertankers the Chinese are planning to run into and out of Kitimat. That said the Kulluk does provide a useful glimpse into what can go wrong in northern coastal
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