Are you kidding me? Really, are you serious?
This clown from Saudi Arabia actually wants us to believe that Canada’s oil from their oil sands is too expensive because it costs between $40 to $60 a barrel to get it. Um, sorry, but what:
Commenting in Arabic, Ali Al-Naimi noted that the “sands of oil” in northern Alberta need prices to be at least $40 to $60 US a barrel to develop the massive reserves, which are pegged as second only to Saudi Arabia’s.
“Today, the price of oil is proper for producers there,” he said at a news conference to kick off the third OPEC summit.
“If you can show me that investing and producing a barrel from the sands in Canada is better than investing and producing a barrel in Saudi Arabia, then I would go there, but it doesn’t,” Al-Naimi said bluntly.
Well, Ali, how about this: As far as I can tell, there isn’t a incident in American history that involves 19 Canadians flying four jets filled with Americans into targets in Washington, D.C. And, some of every dollar that goes towards a barrel of Saudi oil gets spent towards Wahhabi schools teaching hate and radical Islam. There’s another good one. Is Canada spending money towards indoctrinating American children into “radical Canadianism?”
Furthermore, Saudi Arabi is no friend. Canada is. And we are already importing more oil from Canada than any other country. Did you know that? We import a ton from OPEC countries, but per country, Canada is tops, followed by Saudi Arabia. Hugo Chavez and Venezuela comes in third. Then Mexico.
There are plenty of reasons showing “that investing and producing a barrel from the sands in Canada is better than investing and producing a barrel in Saudi Arabia.” How about, the more we invest in Canada’s oil sands, the better the technology gets in securing that oil, thus lowering the price per barrel.
There are plenty of others. They just aren’t politically correct.
Here’s a question that needs answered: what is the non-monetary cost of each barrel of Saudi oil vs. the non-monetary cost of Canadian oil? That is the bigger cost anyway.
