POL101Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Neoconservatism, World Energy Consumption
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Clarkson & mildenberger - supporting us energy security. Most countries dependent on foreign sources for an essential commodity (oil) rely on the global marketplace, which can be volatile. Logistics: north america"s oil and natural gas supplies. Petroleum reserves: the periphery (canada/mexico) currently provides the us with 1/3 of its petroleum imports. Us energy: environmental concerns are another obstacle with tar sands. Natural gas: fastest growing component of worldwide energy consumption (cleaner/more conventional than oil, us consumption just under 21% of global total. Policy construction of north america"s energy markets: us economic strength and security heavily dependent on exports of its periphery (canada, mexico, when alberta tar sands were discovered, american tncs provided investment capital and technology. Us gov"t also relaxed protectionist measure in an attempt to influence. In an attempted to get diefenbaker to halt a proposed edmonton-montreal pipeline (as proposed in 1961 national oil policy), the us exempted canada from its oil-import quotas.
