Bahumbug... its all political theater with no real plan other than how to tax us more for a 'green' future. Government and their workers need the revenue is all its about.

In the real world where China produces 97% of the earths rare earth metals that are essentail in the 'green technologies', and in a world where China is restricting exports and talking of banning exports of these rare earth metals... how do we plan to be a player in the 'green economy' when we are being shut out by China of the essential resources needed to be a player?

Export more oil and gas to China and pay the carbon credits to help them develop the 'green industry'... that folks is the plan at this point. Make no doubt about that fact.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/concern-as-china-clamps-down-on-rare-earth-exports-1855387.html

Well, it's like this:

Nobody thought that Canada had any diamond deposits, yet Canada now has a thriving diamond industry after diamond deposits were found by prospectors.

Even emeralds have already been found in Canada, too.

So, everybody in Canada think positive and start prospecting for the rare earth metals and minerals that are mentioned as being so extremely important!

What an opportunity for Canada! Like the famous egg commercial says: Get Cracking!

Like that other famous commercial. **Where's the Beef?**

Preparations for the closure of Kemess Mine South. Does anyone know when this mine is going to be findished??? 1,2,3, years. This will be a futher loss of 200/300 jobs.

If they get the Mt. Milligan mine approved and going it could offset this loss of jobs. Lets hope so.

...so China is holding the world hostage by hoarding metals we need to be green??? Have another one, Moon Unit! If the "green" economy is fueled by obscure metals from China, how is that "green"??? Just more proof the environmental movement has completely lost its marbles. Time to get back to basics. Burn the coal, saw the logs, mine the copper. I think that's what this forum is really about. Except the carbon offsets - that's garbage.

Pat Bell did you not get the memo, carbon offsets, mancaused globull warming all a scam. Its all about the taxes right. Show me the warming. Look at the cap and trade scam in Europe.