If you've ever read/listened to Dr. Patrick Moore, one of the original co-founders of Greenpeace, he explains how the organization began with genuine intentions to promote environmental safety (in the workplace safety sense you are mentioning i.e. preventing wanton pollution and protecting watersheds, etc.) by people who genuinely were interested in the outdoors and nature. Over time it became dominated by people pursuing purely radical political agendas, and the classic tell - those people had no real personal interest in nature and the outdoors. I take great pains to get outdoors, it's a big part of my life, and you can immediately tell the people who genuinely want to protect Ontario's natural wonderland from people who are primarily ideologues who have little real interest in nature. Just ask the person how many times they went hiking, canoeing or camping this year! Usually the answer is zero.
You have mentioned that abandoned wells and routine flaring are wasteful and unnecessarily polluting practices, I'm sure everyone with a love of the natural world agrees, this reasonable starting point was then extended so far that it eventually became the 2020-2024 energy transition/climate apocalypse/keep-it-in-the-ground narrative. In any case, I'm glad to see this seems to have peaked.
So what is next? A general swing back to a more realistic view of energy - that it is necessary, but with the obvious downsides?
- From the province with 250,000 lakes and probably as many tariffs now
Hello Arjun,
If you've ever read/listened to Dr. Patrick Moore, one of the original co-founders of Greenpeace, he explains how the organization began with genuine intentions to promote environmental safety (in the workplace safety sense you are mentioning i.e. preventing wanton pollution and protecting watersheds, etc.) by people who genuinely were interested in the outdoors and nature. Over time it became dominated by people pursuing purely radical political agendas, and the classic tell - those people had no real personal interest in nature and the outdoors. I take great pains to get outdoors, it's a big part of my life, and you can immediately tell the people who genuinely want to protect Ontario's natural wonderland from people who are primarily ideologues who have little real interest in nature. Just ask the person how many times they went hiking, canoeing or camping this year! Usually the answer is zero.
You have mentioned that abandoned wells and routine flaring are wasteful and unnecessarily polluting practices, I'm sure everyone with a love of the natural world agrees, this reasonable starting point was then extended so far that it eventually became the 2020-2024 energy transition/climate apocalypse/keep-it-in-the-ground narrative. In any case, I'm glad to see this seems to have peaked.
So what is next? A general swing back to a more realistic view of energy - that it is necessary, but with the obvious downsides?
- From the province with 250,000 lakes and probably as many tariffs now
Investor, it is always great to hear from you. Realism is indeed on an upswing! Arjun