Re: 鈥淓nvironmentalists right to be concerned,鈥� letter, March 27.
The letter-writer doesn鈥檛 consider having American foundations counter 91原创 oil production to be a problem. A quick review of aspects of the global oil industry might be useful.
Almost all 91原创s, including the writer, pay for and use oil energy in one form or another and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future. Since lifting former president Barack Obama鈥檚 bans on the development of wilderness and offshore oilfields and pipelines and with the use of fracking in older fields, the United States recently became the world鈥檚 largest oil exporter. The U.S. and Arab oil states are pumping and piping oil faster than ever, pausing only occasionally to manipulate world prices.
Canada currently accounts for 0.5 per cent of the world鈥檚 production, and in Victoria we pay top dollar for U.S.-produced and refined gasoline, while our own oil is forced to remain in the ground due to the machinations of the all-powerful U.S. oil lobby. American environmental foundations can find infinitely greater challenges to counter in their own backyard before meddling in Canada鈥檚 tiny oil production.
Terry Milne
Victoria
