Les Routledge

Keystone in the News

One more element has been put in place with the release of a Draft State Department Assessment of the impacts of the pipeline. In my mind, the assessment is correct that the pipeline will have limited impact on the future development of the oil sands.  Already higher...

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Transformers: More than Meets the Eye

The path to net zero, based on the much disputed belief that carbon dioxide is a pollution, is more steep and impractical than most people realize. Replacing fossil fuels with clean electricity will require much more power generation and a greatly upgraded grid to...

Thinking About Utility Corridors

  http://business.financialpost.com/2012/08/09/canada-on-cusp-of-new-oil-era-as-heavy-crude-discounting-nears-end-canadian-naturals-laut/ If all goes according to plan, the pipeline to the west will not be required within 10 years.  Instead, the need to feed...

Oil Sand News

Imperial Oil has reduced production costs and reduced carbon emissions to being on par with conventional oil. What are the environmentalists going to complain about now?  

Markets Delivery Declining CO2 levels

It is amazing how the private sector economy works. A bit of private sector innovation has solved the problem that avoids massive taxation and government regulation.   Meanwhile, several European countries are continuing to block the development of Shale Gas while...