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There was an attempt to build greenhouses in Ft St John, using waste heat from a garbage incinerator, the project fell through for some reason, but it shows the possible combinations. In the north excess heat can be used to improve food security as well.

We have greenhouses down here in the county that heat everything on the property with organic garbage. They run their own gas production operations on the properties.
 
Just in case you needed a little top up for your cup of chaos....

.... my guess is that this will distance us even further from any kind of certainty on the land base that would promote investment in any kind of new energy infrastructure:

B.C. faces 'complete opposition' after telling First Nations of plan to suspend DRIPA​

The B.C. government has proposed suspending its Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act, according to sources.


British Columbia's government has proposed suspending its Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act, according to two sources in a meeting between Premier David Eby and First Nations leaders.

One of the sources told The Canadian Press a three-year suspension of the legislation has been proposed, while the other didn't give a time frame.

Eby said on Wednesday it was "non-negotiable" that the legislation designed to reflect the United Nations Declaration on the Rights on Indigenous Peoples would be changed.

DRIPA has been cited by First Nations involved in two landmark court victories last year that sparked concern about implications for private land ownership and the province's mining rules.

One of the sources told The Canadian Press that the proposal "effectively places every section of DRIPA" that the government wanted to replace under suspension for three years, and that changes to the legislation would be made later.

 
Just in case you needed a little top up for your cup of chaos....

.... my guess is that this will distance us even further from any kind of certainty on the land base that would promote investment in any kind of new energy infrastructure:
No surprise. What did the provincial government think was going to happen as a result of its efforts to keep giving stuff away, I wonder?
 
No surprise. What did the provincial government think was going to happen as a result of its efforts to keep giving stuff away, I wonder?

Regardless, it's doing wonders for the standings of the (leaderless) Conservatives...

B.C. Spotlight: Land rights saga boosts leaderless Conservatives as more now say DRIPA goes too far​

BC NDP statistically tied with BC Conservatives in vote intention as party base assesses potential leaders


 
Regardless, it's doing wonders for the standings of the (leaderless) Conservatives...

B.C. Spotlight: Land rights saga boosts leaderless Conservatives as more now say DRIPA goes too far​

BC NDP statistically tied with BC Conservatives in vote intention as party base assesses potential leaders


has a party ever won the majority of seats without any defined leadership?
 
Just in case you needed a little top up for your cup of chaos....

.... my guess is that this will distance us even further from any kind of certainty on the land base that would promote investment in any kind of new energy infrastructure:

B.C. faces 'complete opposition' after telling First Nations of plan to suspend DRIPA​

The B.C. government has proposed suspending its Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act, according to sources.


British Columbia's government has proposed suspending its Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act, according to two sources in a meeting between Premier David Eby and First Nations leaders.

One of the sources told The Canadian Press a three-year suspension of the legislation has been proposed, while the other didn't give a time frame.

Eby said on Wednesday it was "non-negotiable" that the legislation designed to reflect the United Nations Declaration on the Rights on Indigenous Peoples would be changed.

DRIPA has been cited by First Nations involved in two landmark court victories last year that sparked concern about implications for private land ownership and the province's mining rules.

One of the sources told The Canadian Press that the proposal "effectively places every section of DRIPA" that the government wanted to replace under suspension for three years, and that changes to the legislation would be made later.

What a complete and utter mess.
 

WTI is a poor source of diesel
SCO is a good source of diesel
SCO is made from WCS
Trucks and Trains run on diesel

WTI Feb US$64.50
SCO Feb ~US$45.00??
WCS Feb US$50.33

WTI April 2 US$114.54
SCO April 2 US$133.79
WCS April 2 U S$99.94

But still!

US$45 to US$135 in under a week?
Even the WCS jump from US$50 to 100 looks pretty good.

The Yanks can hang on to their 13% distribution and marketing commission



Canada’s Synthetic Crude Soars 200% as War Chokes Diesel Supply​

By Tsvetana Paraskova - Apr 03, 2026, 6:06 AM CDT

The price of Canada's synthetic crude, which has rich diesel yield for refiners, has surged by nearly 200% since March 27 as the Middle East war cripples global diesel supply and sends diesel futures, cracks, and retail prices soaring.

The synthetic crude made from processing of bitumen from Alberta's oil sands is very low sulfur and its chemical content makes it highly suitable for processing into jet fuel and diesel-the most stressed barrels amid the worst disruption to supply in the history of the oil market.

Canada's synthetic crude is now priced at $19.25 per barrel over the monthly average for the U.S. benchmark crude, West Texas Intermediate, per data from Modern Commodities cited by Bloomberg.

The price has nearly tripled since March 27, per Bloomberg's estimates.

Before the war in the Middle East began, the synthetic crude was trading at a $0.85 per barrel discount to WTI Crude, according to the data.


Since the Iran war choked crude and fuel supply from the Middle East and forced Asian refiners to cut rates and Asian countries to limit fuel exports, diesel and jet fuel prices have soared. And so have the prices for the crudes with the best diesel and aviation fuel yields, such as Canada's synthetic crude.

Fatih Birol, the executive director of the International Energy Agency (IEA), this week noted that jet fuel and diesel are the most stressed barrels in global markets.

"The biggest problem today is the lack of jet fuel and diesel; these are the main challenges and we are seeing it already in Asia, but soon, in April, or maybe beginning of May, it will come to Europe," Birol said this week on the 'In Good Company' podcast hosted by Nicolai Tangen, the CEO of Norway's sovereign wealth fund, the world's biggest.

In Europe, diesel futures surged this week to over $200 per barrel-the highest level since 2022.

In the U.S., the retail price of diesel could hit a record-high soon, analysts say.

"I'd currently estimate that diesel prices in the US have a 85% chance of setting a new record high in the next ~2 weeks," Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy, said on Thursday.

By Tsvetana Paraskova for Oilprice.com
 
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