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Politics : Canadian Political Free-for-All -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: teevee who wrote (539)	11/30/2000 3:15:14 PM
From: PMS Witch	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 37571

...coal and uranium shipments to Ontario... To the best of my knowledge, uranium is, or was, mined in the Elliott Lake area in northern Ontario. This was believed to be the richest deposit in the non-communist world. Unfortunately, it's also below some considerable deposits of granite, and is therefor more expensive to extract than it would be if open-pit mining were practicable. The south-east United States has vast deposits of coal. This can, and was, shipped north by water; hence, it would arrive in Toronto at lower cost than any Canadian supply. If we could harness hot air and convert it to electrical power, we would have such an abundance of energy we'd no longer need install meters in people's homes. However, since parliament only sits for part of the year, we'd need exploit alternative sources for the the weeks MPs are on vacation. Our new Liberal majority would only augment the supply of this oral flatulence, and judging by Canadian voting history, we needn't worry about any major interruptions for at least the next few centuries. As for oil, could eastern Canadians not de-grease the palms of Liberal supporters? This would rival the Athebaska deposits. It's not widely known that Ontario has petroleum supplies of its own. In fact the town of Petrolia was named after its main industry. As well, the quality of the crude extracted in this region is among the finest in the world. Every year, the area produces enough petroleum to meet the needs of the city of Toronto for nearly eighteen seconds. If anyone can shed further light on the issues I've raised, please let me know. Cheers, PW. P.S. Imagine a Toronto without cars. Shouting "HONK!!!" doesn't seem the same. Thousands of commuters walking down the Don Valley Parkway would be a sight.