Harper doesn't give a shit what us peons think.

Or our health once the inevitable spill happens.

He only cares who the highest bidder is he can sell our natural resources off to.

The North American governments will never meaningfully adopt any alternative, renewable energy sources on the large scale, so it's up to us individually to adopt measures on the small scale and reduce centralized energy dependence.

If the demand isn't there, neither are the profits and the power that goes with it.