Maybe you were calling friends on your new Motorola KRAZR phone to see if they wanted to catch the late showing of The Da Vinci Code. The list of remarkable changes can go on for a couple of pages, but there is one thing that has not changed: the status of Keystone XL. Maybe you were thinking of taking the bus to the movie theatre, because by June, oil prices had shot up to a then astonishing $70/B, up almost 50% from the year prior. Five years have gone by like a “blink,” which is about as hackneyed as saying, “much has changed since then. read a climate change report that’s redefined the way we think about our environment. ” But it’s worth reminiscing for a moment: in less than five years, we’re already into fourth generation smart phones (the first iPhone was released 2007). and witnessed massive changes to the way we drill for natural gas and light oil in North America. What were...
Source: Calgary Herald (blog)