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Re: [A-List] Re: Enbridge plans pipeline to U.S. east coast

I don't see much competition; rather, consolidation.
    MH


On 1/20/07 10:54 AM, "hari.kumar@xxxxxxxxxxxx" <hari.kumar@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Michael Hudson WROTE: <michael.hudson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> "this makes good sense if Canada also has the US build a pipeline from Lake
> Superior and Lake Erie to Alberta to provide the water to produce the oil
> from the shale. Shale oil uses more water than sand. When the Carter
> administration planned this, the idea was to close down agriculture,
> quadrupling food prices, so as to pay for higher-priced oil with higher-price
> food. The aim is not to produce more crude oil so much as
> to increase the price of agriculture -- and depopulate the mountain states in
> the process".
> 
> Question:
> Michael: The closures of individual farms, & their amalgmation into large
> 'industrial' farms has proceeded apace in both Canada & USA. To what extent is
> the competition between US & Canadian agri-businesses an issue in this contex?
> & - references?
> Thx in advance, Hari Kumar
> 
>
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