Here is how we solve our dependance on oil in the short term, till we have real long term alternative in green energy. Power Diesel Trucks and Locomotives with LNG. Let those who want to keep driving Minivans and Pickup Trucks to switch to LNG. Get Electric Cars into full production at a reasonable price and the demand for oil dwindles. Over time innovation will provide us with wind and solar power and other alternatives to oil such as hydrogen engines. Oil Products will always be needed, but not necessarily as fuel. That is our future.

Now is the wrong time to be making any deals regarding natural gas. The price has been in the toilet for years now. Alberta is basicly giving it away just to sustain the drilling industry. Which keeps the price low. Which puts pressure on the drilling industry

Is that a out of focus Allison Redford the premier of Alberta in the back ground. Wow does that add more chances of a oil and now gas spill in the straight where Kitimant is situated.

Christy hits a home-run!

Of course, it goes without saying that we should all wean ourselves off of fossil fuels, including natural gas which is (arguably) the cleanest of all the fossil fuels.

I'm hoping that one day, especially as solar, wind, geothermal and hydrogen, approach price parity with conventional power plant fuels - that fossil fuel use will decline.

Until then, for each gigawatt of power produced by power plants in China, natural gas is many times cleaner that the fuels they are using at the moment.

Switching to natural gas benefits China's environment, but on account of the vast quantities of dirty fuel they presently burn for power, it has a world-wide (positive) effect when they switch to a much cleaner fuel.

One of the best things about LNG, in case of pipeline accident, LNG dissipates into the atmosphere instead of flowing into creeks, rivers, drinking water wells, onto pasture-land and into the ocean as crude oil does during a spill event. No mass deaths of living animals such as was seen during the Exxon Valdez oil spill.

Unless ignited, (high-pressure LNG does burn) merely shutting off the tap and waiting for the vapours to clear, is enough to solve the problem until the pipeline can be repaired.

So much better than a crude oil pipeline to our "tourist-magnet" BC coastline! There is really no comparison.

Congratulations, Premier Clark.

As long as the plan does not include the odious act of fracking. But I have read thar BC is one of the worst frackers of all. For more see the movie Gasland