Whilst I agree going west would be hard to do you note yourself that it is doable although problematic and expensive. Barriers but not insurmountable.
And I think we need to find a way to integrate electrical transmission, along with pipelines for gas (natural, hydrogen, ammonia, etc) and liquid hydrocarbons. The geography is crossed by rail, road and pipe in existing corridors. Can we find efficient means to leverage the existing right of ways?
I would also suggest focussing export of energy from NB misses the fact that the real value is replacing imported oil at that location.
Other than politics I am not sure why you choose NB rather than Quebec for your eastern terminus? Certainly the shorter distance and not having to cross the St. Lawrence have some advantages?
One of our greatest vulnerabilities is that we ship western Canadian oil and gas through the US to get to Southern Ontario. You have seemingly glossed over the difficulty (to date) in creating an energy corridor that runs through Ontario north of Lake Superior to feed Ontario refineries in places like Sarnia as well as further east to Montreal?
The Churchill option creates a solution to the under servicing and poor infrastructure around Hudson's Bay and Northern Manitoba and while it has its own challenges would be a vital link in a pan-Canadian energy distribution and export system.
So, this cannot be done because it is difficult; my answer: get lost.
I had a boss once like that, nothing that needed to be done could be done - because he was the real one and only obstacle. This boss was a real a$$hole of a snake. I teamed up with a coworker, we went to other bosses, got OK from them and got things done that the snake said cannot be done.
The real "problem" with energy is some people's mindset, and the fact that The Idiot King Troodas The Judas and his Laurentian corruptocrats deliberately made Canada uninvestable.
Whilst I agree going west would be hard to do you note yourself that it is doable although problematic and expensive. Barriers but not insurmountable.
And I think we need to find a way to integrate electrical transmission, along with pipelines for gas (natural, hydrogen, ammonia, etc) and liquid hydrocarbons. The geography is crossed by rail, road and pipe in existing corridors. Can we find efficient means to leverage the existing right of ways?
I would also suggest focussing export of energy from NB misses the fact that the real value is replacing imported oil at that location.
Other than politics I am not sure why you choose NB rather than Quebec for your eastern terminus? Certainly the shorter distance and not having to cross the St. Lawrence have some advantages?
One of our greatest vulnerabilities is that we ship western Canadian oil and gas through the US to get to Southern Ontario. You have seemingly glossed over the difficulty (to date) in creating an energy corridor that runs through Ontario north of Lake Superior to feed Ontario refineries in places like Sarnia as well as further east to Montreal?
The Churchill option creates a solution to the under servicing and poor infrastructure around Hudson's Bay and Northern Manitoba and while it has its own challenges would be a vital link in a pan-Canadian energy distribution and export system.
So, this cannot be done because it is difficult; my answer: get lost.
I had a boss once like that, nothing that needed to be done could be done - because he was the real one and only obstacle. This boss was a real a$$hole of a snake. I teamed up with a coworker, we went to other bosses, got OK from them and got things done that the snake said cannot be done.
The real "problem" with energy is some people's mindset, and the fact that The Idiot King Troodas The Judas and his Laurentian corruptocrats deliberately made Canada uninvestable.