Thanks!! Guess I'm going out to fill up the cars tonight.
Gas and diesel prices
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Do not look for any decreases in prices from any activity in the oil patch out West. We are the fourth largest oil producing country in the word, and yet we have no pipelines to our coasts. The East coast is dependent completely on foreign oil so we are at the mercy of whatever oil prices are on the world market. There is a pipe line from out west and from USA to Quebec refineries, but Quebec will not allow a energy corridor to the east, so the oil stops at Quebec Quebec wants a energy corridor West to export Hydro, but does not support a corridor East. As I see it, if the world is drawn into a war with Russia, one Russian submarine in the Bay of Fundy would stop all shipments of oil to the Irving Refinery in St John N.B. and the East Coast would come to a standstill. Climate change or not, we will be dependent on foreign oil for a long time.We have learned nothing from WW2
Guess where Quebec gets its oil
In the last six years, Quebec has gone from supplying its refineries with crude oil mostly from overseas to supplying them mostly from North American sources, thanks in part to the 2015 reversal of Enbridge’s Line 9 pipeline.
I agree. I think high fuel prices are here for the foreseeable future. Nothing happening in Alberta's oil patch now will have any effect on our fuel prices for years.Do not look for any decreases in prices from any activity in the oil patch out West. We are the fourth largest oil producing country in the word, and yet we have no pipelines to our coasts. The East coast is dependent completely on foreign oil so we are at the mercy of whatever oil prices are on the world market. There is a pipe line from out west and from USA to Quebec refineries, but Quebec will not allow a energy corridor to the east, so the oil stops at Quebec Quebec wants a energy corridor West to export Hydro, but does not support a corridor East. As I see it, if the world is drawn into a war with Russia, one Russian submarine in the Bay of Fundy would stop all shipments of oil to the Irving Refinery in St John N.B. and the East Coast would come to a standstill. Climate change or not, we will be dependent on foreign oil for a long time.We have learned nothing from WW2
Guess where Quebec gets its oil
In the last six years, Quebec has gone from supplying its refineries with crude oil mostly from overseas to supplying them mostly from North American sources, thanks in part to the 2015 reversal of Enbridge’s Line 9 pipeline.www.nationalobserver.com
I'm the first one to say that we need alternative sources of energy to replace oil. Hyrdo electric, nuclear powered generating stations, solar, wind turbines, better battery technology to allow more efficient mass storage of electricity, etcetera. BUT, in the meantime, we need pipelines from Western Canada to both coasts. Period! I get why many people are against pipelines but they look damm good compared to freezing to death because fuel is either too expensive or too scarce.
I worked for a manufacturing company for years and I've never been a fan of bringing raw materials or subassemblies from the other side of the world! Sounds great and looks good on paper. But.....Getting chit from another province can have enough issues when there is a tiny hiccup, let alone getting it from China etcetera as the pandemic has very clearly shown. And now that's being reinforced by the Ukraine conflict. Time to go back to the old days when most stuff you bought/used commonly was made in Canada or at least North America. Sure still import stuff but we need to be self reliant and we have not been for years now!
Well a bit lower today so it went down over the weekend not up buddy just left
2.06 a L
It's killing me $1750 since 1st of april and still have a furnace to turn on wednesday
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