Ahhhhh, I love how the real attitudes come out when a little pressure is applied. So much for your "peace and brotherhood" platitudes from the previous message.
There's been a barrage of anti-US rhetoric coming from Canada for decades now and I find it hilarious that you guys are still surprised when it is returned to you in force.
Ahhh, Wikipedia - the ultimate reference for the truly informed.
Canada has known oil reserves of 240 gigabarrels - the US has reserves of 21 gigabarrels. Coal you do have a lot of but its quite expensive to convert it into gas (which is why you don't do it).
We are beginning down that road. As use rises, so will cost lower.
Bomber makes test flight using only synthetic fuel
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-...coll=la-headlines-business&ctrack=1&cset=true
Coal to oil conversion gaining interest in China, US.
http://news.mongabay.com/2006/0816-wsj.html
(uh oh, maybe China won't want your oil after all. But fear not, they do need room, so you still have something they want.)
We're also developing other energy sources and alternative partnerships.
US, Brazil are seeking energy partnership on ethanol
http://www.boston.com/news/world/ar...il_are_seeking_energy_partnership_on_ethanol/
Anything Into Oil
http://www.mindfully.org/Energy/2003/Anything-Into-Oil1may03.htm
Not to mention US commercial space interests that are becoming an unbridled success and will eventually develop resources on the moon and beyond. Where is Canada's space industry? Still trying to launch that balloon?
Canadian space launch put on hold
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6090348/
(this just absolutely cracks me up - maybe they should have tried a ladder instead, eh?)
As for selling to China, so what? Demand dictates the price not the buyer. We'll probably end up selling to China anyway as your empire wanes and the Asian economies become dominant. What do we care who wants to shovel money at us?
You've already sold your country to the highest bidder - us. In retrospect it was a rather poor deal with the riff-raff that it more easily allowed across our border. Thankfully, that is beginning to change with the recent border tightening and passport requirements.
It's no accident that Canada, while so resource-rich and so large, is still populated by only 1/10th of the US population - and with an economy similarly miniscule. It's also no accident that 3/4 of your population lives within 100 miles of the US border (where the action is). It takes real drive and inventiveness to flourish and grow, not just untapped oil sources.
Those blessed with untapped resources such as Canada *always* take the smug attitude of self-assured superiority, despite all evidence to the contrary. Witness countries where the petro-dollar is virtually the only source of income.
If Canada were the superior nation, development would all have occurred up there, and it would be US businessmen, doctors and scientists flocking north across the border, rather than vice-versa.
The Brain Drain
http://www.lib.uwo.ca/business/braindrain.html
I'd wager a month's salary that your economy would collapse within a month if we cut all ties. We'd be hurt too, but you'd collapse like a flimsy house of cards.
Cheers.