Letters, Aug. 17: Native water restrictions make little sense

Final week it was introduced that the Trans Mountain Pipeline growth (TMX) might begin its five-million barrel line as early as this month. However due to exorbitant development prices, it’s broadly anticipated TMX’s tariffs will evaluate with, or exceed, these for transport on the for much longer current land path to the U.S. Gulf Coast.

There, it’s to be famous that two Calgary corporations — Enbridge Inc. and Gibson Power — have not too long ago bought the 2 largest oil export terminals on the U.S. Gulf Coast. 

Both means, the killing of Power East by the federal and Quebec governments, and of Keystone XL by the U.S. authorities, has been properly sidestepped — particularly with latest expansions to Enbridge’s oil export pipeline system and the latest reversal of the Capline pipeline to ship oil to the U.S. Gulf Coast.

Mike Priaro, Calgary

 

Earth could also be attacking its largest risk

With the entire pure disasters at the moment displacing and killing human life by the rating, has anybody thought-about that the Earth as a dwelling, respiratory entity is rejecting humanity as a species to avoid wasting its personal life?

Dennis J Gordica, Calgary