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If Canada could simply apply the basic principles of sustainable development, such as the internalization of costs and 'polluters pay,' it would have long-term beneficial effects, both environmental and economic.

~Andrew Nikiforuk

Topics: Apply Basic Beneficial Both Canada Costs Could Development Economic Effects Environmental Long-Term Pay Principles Simply Sustainable Sustainable Development Would

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Canadians need to start thinking of themselves as a petrostate, and they need to start thinking of the kinds of controls needed to protect the country from the excesses of oil.

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Topics: Canadians Controls Country Excess Kinds Need Needed Oil Protect Start Themselves Thinking

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The tar sands has changed Canada in the same way the fur trade has changed Canada.

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Topics: Canada Changed Fur Same Sands Tar Trade Way

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Oil has allowed us to think about economics as though energy doesn't matter.

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Topics: About Allowed Economics Energy Matter Oil Think Though Us

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Slavery, first and foremost, was an energy institution. Shackling human muscle was about getting work done.

~Andrew Nikiforuk

Topics: About Done Energy First Foremost Getting Human Institution Muscle Slavery Work

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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.

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Topics: Barbaric Energy How Incredibly Know Really Slavery Use Wisely

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When you've got a lot of slaves at your command, you tend to get a little bit fat. You tend to get a little bit lazy. You tend to get a little incompetent because there's not much that you do for yourself anymore.

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Topics: Anymore Because Bit Command Fat Get Got Incompetent Lazy Little Little Bit Lot Much Slaves Tend You Your Yourself

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Sour gas is one of the most dangerous, toxic substances known to man.

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Topics: Dangerous Gas Known Man Most Sour Substances Toxic

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There are two perspectives on the oil sands. You have companies that want to make it the next Saudi Arabia. The other is that it's a transitional resource to a low-carbon economy, and to regard it as anything else is to drain the continent's financial resources.

~Andrew Nikiforuk

Topics: Anything Anything Else Arabia Companies Continent Drain Economy Else Financial Make Next Oil Other Perspectives Regard Resource Resources Sands Saudi Saudi Arabia Two Want You

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The problem with cap-and-trade and programs such as carbon capture and storage is that they all assume that business as usual can continue. The financial meltdown and peak oil has pretty much demonstrated that business as usual's not going to work.

~Andrew Nikiforuk

Topics: Assume Business Capture Carbon Continue Financial Going Much Oil Peak Pretty Problem Programs Storage The Problem With Usual Work

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Biography

Nationality: Canadian

Type: Journalist

Born: Unknown

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