Thread by @politicalham

1/Re. Line 5 as an excuse to build Energy East...

According to CERI, a federally regulated pipeline requires 9 years to review/approve. Add another 3-4 years to build EE.

So, let's say EE is in service by 2035. What's going on in Eastern Canada then?

ceri.ca/studies/compet…

2/Well, Quebec's ban on the sale of gasoline cars takes effect in...2035.

Wouldn't that be lovely timing? Alberta rides to the rescue just as one-third of the Eastern Canadian market says goodbye.

May we assume Ontario consumers might also buy a few EVs?
energi.media/energy-climate…

3/Well, we'll just export the crude oil that Quebec doesn't want, you say.

Here's IEA oil analyst Olivier Lejeune that global peak oil demand will arrive by the late 2020s or early 2030s.

4/To sum up: the geniuses at CAPP and the Calgary Petroleum Club want to build a $15 billion to $20 billion pipeline to markets that will have begun to collapse by the time it's completed.

Now, all we need is @jkenney to commit billions to EE like he did to Keystone XL.

@threadreaderapp unroll thread please

5/Here's my interview with economist Allan Fogwill, who says the economics suggest that 268,000 b/d of oil imports into Eastern Canada could be displaced by Western oil TODAY.

6/Why do we keep returning to the same brain dead, unworkable ideas?

We're so busy fighting about Keystone XL or Energy East that there's no time left to talk about innovative new ideas like DRUbit.