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Letter: Build your own refinery

I read Murray Dobbin’s latest article [“ Counterpoint: Human progress and civil disobedience ,” June 1] and agree that our rights to freedom of speech are being eroded.
Tar sands

I read Murray Dobbin’s latest article [“Counterpoint: Human progress and civil disobedience,” June 1] and agree that our rights to freedom of speech are being eroded.

Why is Alberta digging up the tar sands? Are they running out of regular oil?

I believe the money would be better spent on renewable resources for the future, which will not further increase the temperature of our planet and would help enable us to meet our promised climate targets.

If Alberta must extract the tar sands, why don’t they build a refinery right near the oil fields? Is there not a huge multinational oil company willing to build one?

[Media mogul] David Black is promoting a refinery in Kitimat. That would keep the tripled tanker traffic out of Vancouver Harbour and it would be regular oil rather than diluted bitumen.

How would the cost of building a new pipeline differ from twinning the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain Pipeline?

I believe a refinery at the source would be a better option in any case. Why are other options not being discussed?

Adrian Redford
Lund