In my other blog, I have talked about the Keystone XL pipeline project and how this project has caused a great debate among American citizens. This debate has spread itself into Canada and the same two groups are involved in the Canadian debate. One of the groups contains people who are concerned about environment, while the other consists of people who see the opportunity of employment generate by this project. As the debate goes on, it brought in the topic of alternative fuels and fossil fuels. This sudden transition took CEO of TransCanada (the project was proposed by TransCanada), Russ Girling by surprise, as he says “I did not expect this [project] to become a lightning rod of the debate between fossil fuels and alternative fuels”.

The project will not only cause environmental issue but also health issues from the pollution generated from refineries. I believe that this project will increase people dependency on oil and delay the future of alternative fuels. The debate has become an ethical issue where some people only see profit, while others see the negative impacts of oil. The question is how many oil incidents will it take to make people more ethical?

Sources: Globe and Mail              Picture