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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.
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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.
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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:
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.
.... 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.
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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?
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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
B.C. Spotlight: Land rights saga boosts leaderless Conservatives as more now say DRIPA goes too far - Angus Reid Institute
BC NDP statistically tied with BC Conservatives in vote intention as party base assesses potential leaders April 1, 2026 – At initial glance, the current political situation in B.C. might suggest a strong advantage for the BC NDP. They’re the incumbent government facing off against a currently...
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has a party ever won the majority of seats without any defined leadership?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
B.C. Spotlight: Land rights saga boosts leaderless Conservatives as more now say DRIPA goes too far - Angus Reid Institute
BC NDP statistically tied with BC Conservatives in vote intention as party base assesses potential leaders April 1, 2026 – At initial glance, the current political situation in B.C. might suggest a strong advantage for the BC NDP. They’re the incumbent government facing off against a currently...
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A good description of some of the challenges... using snails as only one example
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What a complete and utter mess.
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WTI is a poor source of dieselSCO 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 CDTThe 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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And we're only at the very beginning of how bad it could really get ...
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So, I am paying on the order of $1.75 a liter for gas today.
In February I was paying around $1.50 a liter.
Collectively we use about 200,000,000 liters of gasoline and diesel daily
That equates to about 1.3 Million Barrels Per Day of Oil products.
The collective cost to the economy has risen from $300,000,000 a day to $350,000,000 a day.
We are producing and exporting about 4.6 Million Barrels per Day of Western Canadian Shale and other products.
Pricing them all at the price of WCS
In February the WCS was selling for about 50 USD per barrel.
It cost us about $1.43 to buy a Yankee buck.
Now the WCS is selling for about 100 USD per barrel.
It now costs us $1.38 to buy a Yankee buck. We are saving a nickel a buck.
In February those 4.6 Million Barrels of Exports were bringing $329 MCAD into the Canadian economy daily.
But we were spending $300 MCAD of those $329 MCADs on just fuelling our vehicles and keeping the economy running.
Advantage to the economy was $29 MCAD daily.
Annualized over 365 days that would result in a net benefit, or advantage to the economy, of $10 BCAD in the year.
Today those 4.6 Million Barrels of Exports are bringing $639 MCAD into the Canadian economy daily.
We are now spending $350 MCAD on fuelling our vehicles and keeping the economy running due to that 25 cent a liter rise from $1.50 to $1.75.
But the Advantage to the economy is now $290 MCAD daily, up from $29 MCAD.
The benefit to the economy at large, because we are operating on the international market price, has increased 10-fold.
Annualized over 365 days that would result in a net benefit, or advantage to the economy, of $105 BCAD in the year, if this market continues.
That additional $260 MCAD of revenues daily taken in by the economy is split among the oil companies, their investors, the provincial government and the federal government.
The governments are at liberty to use that money as they see fit. They can buy more tanks and F35s, or more hospitals and doctors, or pay for the cost of carbon capture, or reduce the tax burden on those paying the extra 25 cents a liter at the pumps.
If this be a mess, please let there be more messes.
In February I was paying around $1.50 a liter.
Collectively we use about 200,000,000 liters of gasoline and diesel daily
That equates to about 1.3 Million Barrels Per Day of Oil products.
The collective cost to the economy has risen from $300,000,000 a day to $350,000,000 a day.
We are producing and exporting about 4.6 Million Barrels per Day of Western Canadian Shale and other products.
Pricing them all at the price of WCS
In February the WCS was selling for about 50 USD per barrel.
It cost us about $1.43 to buy a Yankee buck.
Now the WCS is selling for about 100 USD per barrel.
It now costs us $1.38 to buy a Yankee buck. We are saving a nickel a buck.
In February those 4.6 Million Barrels of Exports were bringing $329 MCAD into the Canadian economy daily.
But we were spending $300 MCAD of those $329 MCADs on just fuelling our vehicles and keeping the economy running.
Advantage to the economy was $29 MCAD daily.
Annualized over 365 days that would result in a net benefit, or advantage to the economy, of $10 BCAD in the year.
Today those 4.6 Million Barrels of Exports are bringing $639 MCAD into the Canadian economy daily.
We are now spending $350 MCAD on fuelling our vehicles and keeping the economy running due to that 25 cent a liter rise from $1.50 to $1.75.
But the Advantage to the economy is now $290 MCAD daily, up from $29 MCAD.
The benefit to the economy at large, because we are operating on the international market price, has increased 10-fold.
Annualized over 365 days that would result in a net benefit, or advantage to the economy, of $105 BCAD in the year, if this market continues.
That additional $260 MCAD of revenues daily taken in by the economy is split among the oil companies, their investors, the provincial government and the federal government.
The governments are at liberty to use that money as they see fit. They can buy more tanks and F35s, or more hospitals and doctors, or pay for the cost of carbon capture, or reduce the tax burden on those paying the extra 25 cents a liter at the pumps.
If this be a mess, please let there be more messes.
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$1.75 was a decent price here in Vancouver before the war, I just filled up at $2.14.
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In rural PA about an hour east of Pittsburgh to visit our daughter at Uni and to watch her play in a friendly today against Carnegie-Mellon.
Cheapest gas was 4$/gallon and the highest so far I’ve seen is 4.20$/gallon.
It was 1.83$/litre in Burlington when I left this morning.
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Get your governments, Victoria and Vancouver, to reduce their take.
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Alberta and Canada sign co-operation agreement to accelerate major project assessments
/CNW/ - The Government of Canada is taking steps to build a stronger and more resilient economy. That's why the Governments of Canada and Alberta are working...
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Alberta scraps environmental assessment for Kevin O'Leary's 'world's largest' data centre
That should move things along a bit.
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Off to the Re-education camp with you, that money belongs to the State and we merely allow you to hold it briefly, be thankful we are so generous!
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