As I read through the articles on SquamishChief.com, it’s quite apparent most are about the WLNG plant. I then read through the comments at the end of the articles and the most common trend I see is the same individuals saying it’s morally wrong to add anymore fracked wells into our earth, and notice I mean add – not stop altogether.
In other words, they are stating that they only want us to maintain what Canada is already supplying for itself, not quit all together because that would be far too inconvenient to their entitled petroleum-based lifestyle. I have the upmost respect to those who live solely off the earth and those who have found a way to live without using the oil and gas industry because I know I could not do it mainly because I have no issues with oil and gas. We do know it’s possible; there are plenty of people out there living off grid and doing it well.
My problem is the people who tend to point fingers and are the first to protest any new development in the oil and gas industry but yet live no different of a lifestyle than those who support the industry. They show up to their protests in their fancy gas-guzzling foreign vehicles and then go home to their cozy gas-heated homes.
Here is what really gets me angry: These people live their entitled petroleum-based lifestyles but at the same time they deny Third World countries the luxuries we consider basic necessities. People in Third World countries often have to walk miles for clean water, and if they are lucky, they have a bike. These same people have to bring their newborn children home to a mud hut that is heated by wood fire. How is this fair?
We won’t be convincing Third World countries that our need for these luxuries outweighs theirs and therefore we can’t drill any more wells and produce any more gas for anyone but ourselves. I will ask anyone who is against this industry and future development if you are truly against it, please stop pointing fingers and live the lifestyle you preach to everyone around you. One fewer person in Canada depending on this industry is one more person in a Third World country who can benefit from it and therefore not add any more carbon into the atmosphere.
What are your priorities?
Kerri Mercier
Squamish
