• @[email protected]
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    309 months ago

    I like most of you Americans, but I don’t wanna share the longest undefended border anymore if that asshole is elected again.

    • @afraid_of_zombies
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      119 months ago

      Just tell everyone that Alberta is out of oil. No one is going to invade for the maple syrup, despite it being the nectar of the gods.

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          39 months ago

          Yup. NAFTA negotiations are coming up shortly and I bet some of our unused pipelines will be looked at to transport fresh water instead of oil.

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            39 months ago

            Which might be a good idea. We’ve got the pipes sitting there already, connecting the whole continent. Might as well use them.

            Before someone says it, yes, you can clean out oil pipelines enough to be used for fresh drinking water. It has been done before.

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              9 months ago

              I dunno that it’s a good idea. What would the US be willing to pay for that water? I mean if it’s like the pittance water bottlers have been paying, fuck that.

              Would we have restrictions on usage, and limits on how much they can take per year? Like there’s a large chunk of desert that’s growing crops and takes a LOT of water.

              Lots of questions to be answered and logistics to look at first.

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              -19 months ago

              Why not? It’s a free trade agreement and Canada has known for a long time that America would be looking at our freshwater sources because of their mismanagement.

              • @afraid_of_zombies
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                -19 months ago

                I don’t think you can just look at some old oil pipeline and just decide to run freshwater through it. Pretty sure water isn’t the same as oil also I don’t think most people want to drink oily water.

        • @afraid_of_zombies
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          19 months ago

          It can’t possibly be as expensive to invade a country vs running a desalinization system

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      Removed by mod