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Alberta mines & refines oil that every other province uses, and is saddled with all the pollution from that. Why should Alberta prop up the economies of all the
by soperj 5y ago
Alberta mines & refines oil that every other province uses, and is saddled with all the pollution from that. Why should Alberta prop up the economies of all the other provinces and have to deal with the actual consequences of that?
- cmrdporcupine 5y agoHuh? No. The refining of Alberta oil generally happens elsewhere. The Albertan oil consumed in Ontario and Quebec is refined in Sarnia and the port of Montreal, respectively. Comes in via line 9 and is refined in province. The chemical industry pollution in Sarnia is pretty bad from what I hear. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_impact_of_the_chemical_industry_in_Sarnia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_impact_of_the_ch...
- soperj 5y agoLargest refineries in Canada that refine Canadian crude are in Alberta, Imperial's 191M barrels/day and Suncor's 142M barrels/day, both in Edmonton and then you can add on Fort Saskatchewan's 100M barrels/day, just outside of Edmonton. There's a west coast city that is nearly entirely dependent on Albertan crude oil & refining. Sarnia is refining an already upgraded bitumen though, so it's only getting half of the garbage. Also Line 9 goes from Sarnia to Montreal, Enbridge Mainline goes from Alberta to Sarnia.