i want a refinery. others want a refinery. but potential allies are just focused on shut it down. fkn short sighted.
..it's the other way round. people are focused on shutting the pipeline down because there are no refineries at source. nor is there even the slightest prospect of one on the horizon to be allied to. certainly not the aberta ndp let alone what's coming in. certainly not the oil industry with all it's wealth who won't even fund the cleanup let alone a refinery.
..this is not shortsightedness it's self defense. and we should all thank the indigenous folk who have been the only force able to halt the expansion of tm. we should also understand the reasons indigenous folk have taken their extraordinary position and ally with for those same reasons. this forever gets lost in the tarsands pipeline discussions.
..those same forces that are fucking over indigenous folk are fucking the rest of us over. so environmentalists are blamed for no tm pipeline. but that's not accurate. it's the forces that are fucking us over that are lying, cheating, law breaking and can't even manage to conduct a meaningful consultation. the blame spiral shouldn't be going down but up.