Comments on: Little hope for this town http://www.jacksnewswatch.com/2009/07/02/little-hope-for-this-town/ Jack's Newswatch - You can fool some of the bears all of the time, and all of the bears some of the time, but you can not fool all of the bears all of the time — Jack's Newswatch Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:00:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jack http://www.jacksnewswatch.com/2009/07/02/little-hope-for-this-town/#comment-1418 Jack Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:14:12 +0000 http://www.jacksnewswatch.com/?p=1808#comment-1418 Not if Sarah has anything to do with it.  She should make a tour of Canada. That would end "that". Not if Sarah has anything to do with it.  She should make a tour of Canada.

That would end “that”.

]]> By: cantuc http://www.jacksnewswatch.com/2009/07/02/little-hope-for-this-town/#comment-1417 cantuc Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:11:18 +0000 http://www.jacksnewswatch.com/?p=1808#comment-1417  I think they sat on the pot too long  Jack .  Six trillion cubic meters of natural gas discoverd in Louisiana , Utah , and , Ithink Colorado is going to take the urgency away from that pipeline dream for a few years .  I think they sat on the pot too long  Jack .  Six trillion cubic meters of natural gas discoverd in Louisiana , Utah , and , Ithink Colorado is going to take the urgency away from that pipeline dream for a few years .

]]> By: Jack http://www.jacksnewswatch.com/2009/07/02/little-hope-for-this-town/#comment-1416 Jack Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:05:48 +0000 http://www.jacksnewswatch.com/?p=1808#comment-1416 All I know, Mac is that this "pipeline project" has been in the mill forever.  It's time to shit or get off the pot. All I know, Mac is that this “pipeline project” has been in the mill forever.  It’s time to shit or get off the pot.

]]> By: Mac http://www.jacksnewswatch.com/2009/07/02/little-hope-for-this-town/#comment-1415 Mac Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:26:13 +0000 http://www.jacksnewswatch.com/?p=1808#comment-1415 These kind of stories make me go "hmmmm" for some reason. Inuvik and towns like it represent a paradox. The Inu didn't build towns; the concept of anything larger than a sustainable tribal unit was foreign to them. Western immigrants built the town as a base of operations for their self-imposed tasks... all tasks which were foreign to the Inu but deemed important by Ottawa. Yes, there are commercial possibilities (mineral, natural gas, whatever) which could be developed but has anyone done a cost/benefit analysis to see whether it's viable, let alone sustainable? How many "white elephants" have to be created before governments realize it's a bad idea? Especially in an area which is environmentally sensitive? I realize Arctic sovereignty is important and there is ample scientific research which should be done to develop decent, factual information about the high Arctic but the concept of building pipelines sounds like a "make work" project to me. If we're looking at "make work" projects, how about instead of piping the natural gas, they build the gas powered electrical plants in the North and pump out electricity instead? These kind of stories make me go “hmmmm” for some reason.

Inuvik and towns like it represent a paradox. The Inu didn’t build towns; the concept of anything larger than a sustainable tribal unit was foreign to them. Western immigrants built the town as a base of operations for their self-imposed tasks… all tasks which were foreign to the Inu but deemed important by Ottawa.

Yes, there are commercial possibilities (mineral, natural gas, whatever) which could be developed but has anyone done a cost/benefit analysis to see whether it’s viable, let alone sustainable? How many “white elephants” have to be created before governments realize it’s a bad idea? Especially in an area which is environmentally sensitive?

I realize Arctic sovereignty is important and there is ample scientific research which should be done to develop decent, factual information about the high Arctic but the concept of building pipelines sounds like a “make work” project to me.

If we’re looking at “make work” projects, how about instead of piping the natural gas, they build the gas powered electrical plants in the North and pump out electricity instead?

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