I don't normally post videos, but I thought this short one gives a fascinating look at how resource development is in part shaped by political agreements that reflect the distribution of power between the US and Canada:
I'm not against shale oil in theory, but proponents of this process do seriously underestimate both the cost and the environmental impact, as well as the externalities involved in the NAFTA agreement.
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Dec-06-2009 19:13
Krypton
83.798 g/6.022x10^23
Registered: Nov 2003
Location: Texas
How depressing.
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Dec-07-2009 21:43
jerZ07002
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: Dec 2006
Location:
Re: Shale Oil - Canada and the US
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Originally posted by Lebezniatnikov
I don't normally post videos, but I thought this short one gives a fascinating look at how resource development is in part shaped by political agreements that reflect the distribution of power between the US and Canada:
I'm not against shale oil in theory, but proponents of this process do seriously underestimate both the cost and the environmental impact, as well as the externalities involved in the NAFTA agreement.
query: how does a nation of 300M+ trade equitably with a nation of 33M?
