Shale gas: The public is not reassured | Politics | Radio-Canada.ca
At an information meeting held Saturday, with citizens in Mont-Saint-Hilaire, a group of experts has called for a moratorium on shale gas.
According to them, the economic benefits of this industry would be negligible for Quebec.
"My view is that we have the worst business model in North America. That is to say that Quebec that there will be less money going back into the pockets of the real owners of resources that are Quebecers, "argued Normand Mousseau, a professor in the Department of Physics of the University of Montreal.
In addition, scientific information is insufficient to assess environmental risks.
The PQ member of Borduas, who attended the event, believes that the government could have done things differently.
What we can say is it's not too late, and then one of the clearest applications from all citizens, is "thus imposing a moratorium."
- Pierre Curzi
The Parti Quebecois leader, for his part criticized the handling of the case by the Minister of Natural Resources, who has admitted Friday it had made mistakes .
In Sherbrooke, where she gave the kickoff of a regional tour, Pauline Marois argued that concrete action from the Minister Natalie Normandeau would further mitigate people's fears.
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POWI - Water/Energy Nexus & Security
POWI - Water/Energy Nexus & Security
The United States is now the world's largest energy user, and is rapidly becoming a net importer of energy. Much of this energy shortfall comes from Canada. Canada now supplies the United States with 24.2 per cent of its total energy needs in the form of natural gas, oil and electricity, and has replaced Saudi Arabia as the number one supplier of oil to the United States.
North American energy integration is now a fact of economic life. Few Canadians, however, appreciate how continental energy integration is already having an impact on Canada's water security as great or greater than foreseeable water exports.
The starkest link between energy integration and the future of Canada's water resources is most evident in the oil sands. Unlike conventional oil, Alberta's tarry deposits are among the most water intensive hydrocarbons on the planet. Separating tar from sand not only takes enormous amounts of natural gas but requires an average of three barrels of freshwater to make just one barrel of oil.
The United States is now the world's largest energy user, and is rapidly becoming a net importer of energy. Much of this energy shortfall comes from Canada. Canada now supplies the United States with 24.2 per cent of its total energy needs in the form of natural gas, oil and electricity, and has replaced Saudi Arabia as the number one supplier of oil to the United States.
North American energy integration is now a fact of economic life. Few Canadians, however, appreciate how continental energy integration is already having an impact on Canada's water security as great or greater than foreseeable water exports.
The starkest link between energy integration and the future of Canada's water resources is most evident in the oil sands. Unlike conventional oil, Alberta's tarry deposits are among the most water intensive hydrocarbons on the planet. Separating tar from sand not only takes enormous amounts of natural gas but requires an average of three barrels of freshwater to make just one barrel of oil.
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