Oil and Water – Don’t Mix, And Canada Has Some Questions and Answers

There aren’t many waterfalls of significance in Texas. There are plenty of Oil wells.

And a continuing era of extreme drought.

And in northern California there are those major geothermal fields.

And a continuing era of drought.

In Canada there are many waterfalls of significance.

And 15 times as many oil reserves as U.S.

“Can water, oil’s arch enemy, replace it?

Or can one help the other?

We’ve already discussed the fact that our largest supplier of foreign oil is Canada.

We can also import water from north of the border and they’re getting a little nervous about how much we’re going to need in the next 5 years. This is due to what one Canadian “think tank” stated that “24% of America’s medium sized cities and 17.3% of the larger cities are expected to face serious shortages by 2015.”

What we have here is a redefinition of the word anachronism.

President Obama’s visit to Canada as his first foreign trip was no surprise. His expressed concern over U.S. import of Canadian “dirty oil” has Ottawa on the defensive. Obtaining oil from Alberta’s tar sands generates what has been called “Huge amounts of greenhouse gases.”
Canada wants to conclude a treaty with the U.S. agreeing to tougher emissions standards while recognizing the importance of those tar sands that produce so much oil.

How about replacing more of our petroleum processes with hydropower from Canada. Tell Canada to keep its water – and its oil – as long as we can receive enough hydropower to reduce our use of oil and coal.

Given enough hydropower we can reduce oil usage and desalinate sea water reducing the need to import potable water from Canada – which they can continue to pour into their hydro power plants on the way to their faucets!

And let’s talk about all the water in the Great Lakes – reusable?
Stay tuned