Posted on 07/24/2007 10:53:33 AM PDT by SwinneySwitch
Canada, the United States and Mexico signed what officials are calling a historic energy accord on Monday, sharing information about the science and technology of energy.
Natural Resources Minister Gary Lunn, U.S. Secretary of Energy Samuel Bodman and Secretary of Energy for Mexico Georgina Kessel signed the trilateral accord in Victoria.
Lunn said the accord — a framework designed to stimulate innovation and to share and help build capacity in all three countries — will encourage the countries to develop clean energy.
— Natural Resources Minister Gary LunnOne of the first goals is to draft common standards for energy-efficient appliances, such as refrigerators and air conditioners, he said.
"We need to break through to an era of low, even zero, emission fossil fuel production and use," Lunn said.
Bodman said the U.S. government recognizes the challenge posed by global warming, but cautions: "Whatever happens, you will damage economic growth because it will cost something to remove carbon dioxide, so the question is how do you balance that."
The three energy ministers made it clear they plan to continue developing oil and natural gas and to keep them flowing in a single North American market.
But Lunn said they took no position on developing petroleum off the B.C. coast, and didn't endorse the idea of banning tankers from northern waters — a proposal the federal New Democrats and environmentalists are demanding.
Lunn said a voluntary agreement remains in place to prevent tanker traffic from Alaska from using the northern B.C. coastal waters.
Good luck, Gary!
Most of the good new tech info belongs to private companies/inventors not the government. exactly what are they planning on sharing?
Probably all the research paid for by our tax dollars.
Another good reason to let private interests pay for their own research.
Come on, I can’t wait to find out what Mexico knows. Scar/off
AMero ping.
Why stop there? We could break through to an era of below zero emission fossil fuel production and use. That's right, the more we drive and run our charcoal grills, the more oil and charcoal will be made from excess CO2 of the atmosphere. The excess oil and charcoal would be stored in gastanks and dropped off at service stations where it would be bought back at $3 a gallon or $3 a pound depending. We need to be careful we don't create a CO2 deficit, of course, since we don't want a runaway Ice Age.
Ping!
If you want on, or off this S. Texas/Mexico ping list, please FReepMail me.
Trilateral? WTF can Mexico possibly contribute in the way of anything worthwhile?
Umm . . . oil?
Corsi’s take on this will be a classic. I’ll wager a beer right now.
The only decent American beers are microbrews. The majors don't make real beer here.
No idea of what contributions could be made by Mexico, but I’d love for Mexico to learn how to make their fuel smell better.
I agree.
O Canada!
Am I remembering correctly that S. California was buying electricity from Mexico during its energy crisis a while back, or was that part of the Enron debacle, or something?
Slave labor wages???????
Any improvements in Mexico will be paid for by us you can be assured. I like the part about standardizing appliances for the 3 countries. First Mexico will have to install plumbing, eletricity and sewage. Just this week was a story about them and their pollution of the Rio Grande, that WE are going to clean up for them.
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