Letter to the Editor:
Famed movie director James Cameron's recent visit to Alberta to check out the oil sands was surprisingly thoughtful and uneventful. Unlike many celebrity activists, he seemed to have a grasp of the issues involved and he offered balanced and reasonable criticisms.
However, what Cameron should have mentioned during his visit is that the underuse of renewable energy resources worldwide is a major reason why Alberta's non-renewable oil sands are able to be developed so profitably.
As we all know, Alberta became wealthy, debt-free and sales-tax-free in large part due to its non-renewable energy resources. And if the world began to rely more on renewable, green sources of energy and less on limited, non-renewable energy supplies, BC could very well surpass Alberta's wealth and show the world that prosperity can be created by working with nature rather than against it.
Kevin Lee
Vancouver, B.C.
