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The tar sands has changed Canada in the same way the fur trade has changed Canada.
Andrew Nikiforuk
Changed
Fur
Way
Trade
Tar
Canada
Same
Sands
Oil has allowed us to think about economics as though energy doesn't matter.
Andrew Nikiforuk
Matter
Economics
Energy
Think
Though
About
Allowed
Oil
Us
What slavery really demonstrated was that we don't really know how to use energy wisely and that we can be incredibly abusive and barbaric.
Andrew Nikiforuk
Energy
Incredibly
Wisely
Know
How
Barbaric
Really
Use
Slavery
Much of the U.S. Midwest is already running on bitumen. Do we want to extend this addiction? And at what cost? Or should we set other goals and say one to two million barrels of oil a day from the tar sands is all we really need to make the transition?
Andrew Nikiforuk
Day
Goals
Other
Addiction
Say
Running
Cost
Make
Tar
Oil
Want
Midwest
Transition
Sands
Much
Really
Should
Barrels
Extend
Million
Two
Need
Set
The tar sands boom has become the world's largest energy project, the world's largest construction project, and the world's largest capital project.
Andrew Nikiforuk
Construction
World
Become
Energy
Project
Boom
Tar
Capital
Sands
Largest
The destructiveness of the tar sands is not inevitable. But Canadians and Albertans have become too tolerant of the politicians who compromise the nation's energy security as well as the next generation's future.
Andrew Nikiforuk
Future
Generation
Become
Inevitable
Nation
Politicians
Energy
Too
Destructiveness
Security
Compromise
Well
Tar
Canadians
Energy Security
Sands
Next
Who
Tolerant
When governments run on petro dollars or petro revenue instead of taxes, then they kind of sever the link between taxation and representation, and if you're not being taxed, then you're not being represented.
Andrew Nikiforuk
You
Kind
Run
Instead
Between
Revenue
Dollars
Governments
Link
Representation
Being
Taxation
Taxed
Taxes
Then
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