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Remote Regions, Coastal Waters, Sustainable Aviation Fuel, Nuclear Energy, Amphibious Aircraft, Turbines, and Arctic Sovereignty. Introduction: Why SAF Matters Most at the Edge of the Map When most people think about sustainable aviation fuel, they picture wide-body airliners taxiing away from gleaming terminals at Heathrow or Toronto. But the decarbonization of Canadian aviation is...
Canada’s Energy Independence – Reducing Reliance on the U.S. Market This post delves into the global demand for Alberta’s heavy oil and the strategic importance of diversifying Canada’s energy markets. It highlights how various countries, including the United States, Europe, China, India, Japan, and South Korea, have refineries capable of processing heavy crude oil...
Pipeline Route Options within Canadian Borders Canada has explored the possibility of building a west-to-east oil pipeline entirely on Canadian soil. The most prominent proposal was Energy East, a 4,500+ km pipeline from Alberta to New Brunswick. As shown in the map below, it would have linked Alberta’s oil sands (Hardisty) to the Atlantic...
Alberta Needs the Keystone XL Pipeline – But Not for the Reasons You Think! My first cousin, who worked in Fort McMurray, asked a legitimate question on Facebook. Why does Canada still buy oil from Saudi Arabia instead of Alberta? An angry Albertan offered a knee-jerk answer. That’s easy. Because of Trudeau, of course!...
