Comments on: All is not well in Alberta.. http://priceofoil.org/2008/06/20/all-is-not-well-in-alberta/ Oil Change International campaigns to expose the true costs of oil and facilitate the coming transition towards clean energy. We are dedicated to identifying and overcoming political barriers to that transition. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 05:42:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Bryan http://priceofoil.org/2008/06/20/all-is-not-well-in-alberta/#comment-439808 Bryan Fri, 20 Jun 2008 23:18:23 +0000 http://priceofoil.org/?p=2985#comment-439808 "increased regulatory scrutiny are slowing oil sands development" Greg Stringham seems to imply this is a bad thing. I suppose we could just allow unregulated development, but that might result in the use of too much water from the Peace/Athabasca/MacKenzie River system, excessive use of natural gas, bird kills in settling ponds, widespread strip mining and general environmental devastation. Oh, right, this is happening WITH the current regulatory structure. "issues muddying the investment waters" What a lovely image from an industry that is (irreparably?) screwing up the waters of northern Alberta. “increased regulatory scrutiny are slowing oil sands development”

Greg Stringham seems to imply this is a bad thing. I suppose we could just allow unregulated development, but that might result in the use of too much water from the Peace/Athabasca/MacKenzie River system, excessive use of natural gas, bird kills in settling ponds, widespread strip mining and general environmental devastation.

Oh, right, this is happening WITH the current regulatory structure.

“issues muddying the investment waters”

What a lovely image from an industry that is (irreparably?) screwing up the waters of northern Alberta.

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