Thank you very much. It's been an interesting evening.
I'm so thankful, Dr. Exner-Pirot, that you talked about hydrocarbons. Everyone talks about fossil fuels as though they understand what that's all about. The reality is that what is coming out of the ground is something that is used in so many different areas. It is for the plastics and fertilizers that we have, and all of these types of things. Any products that we see around these tables are part of that.
I was speaking with the head of Dow Chemical in Red Deer not that long ago. I mentioned this before. He was pointing out that in a windmill there are 17 tonnes of material of which seven tonnes are plastic. To think that you can just shut off the main feedstock that we have, and that it's going to allow us to come up with these magical ideas, I really find it difficult to sort my way through that.
If we take a look at uranium, which of course is an energy source, and all of the rare earth minerals that are going to be required for batteries, and come up with some magical new product to replace the 40% of plastics that I said are in windmills...If that happens to be found on your land, or indigenous property, or the people around here in their own riding...I'm wondering if we could trust this government to give us the licence to develop corridors to transport and access markets.... Or will these new products be met with the same scorn as we see with oil and gas?
What do you think the future would be for any kind of development in Canada?