Dear Editor
I am writing in response to the July 14 letter from John Hunter (Pipeline vital to provincial economy). If Mr. Hunter is concerned about our local economy, he is no doubt aware that should Kinder Morgan get the green light to build a new pipeline to Burnaby (it’s not twinning a pipeline in Burnaby, it follows a new route) then the product being shipped would become diluted bitumen, not the semi-refined product currently being shipped. The Chevron refinery would not be able to process dilbit, which will likely result in the loss of local jobs. Not sure how that helps the provincial economy while we transition to clean energy alternatives.
Also, “If we do not supply the product, someone else will” has to be one of the most short-sighted comments ever printed. Ever.
Peter Cech, Burnaby
