Yesterday, Mr. Thompson told us that greenhouse gases, carbon dioxide, CO2, were constant at 0.12 tonnes per barrel, and would remain at that level no matter what you do. It has been the same thing for years, and it is horizontal. It is not by doing research that we will change the situation.
Earlier, Mr. Seeley invited us to consider something that to my mind might serve as a springboard for you. If you had been forced to buy—I am giving somewhat of an interpretation here—the equivalent in tonnes of carbon, you would have had an economic lever. You either buy this carbon at $40 a tonne, which amounts to $5 a barrel, or you take the 100 million dollars needed to build the pipelines, etc., and you use them to send these gases into the ground. You need us to give you a little push in order to do this.
Mr. Cullen helped us understand this earlier, and rightly so. It is not just a matter of economics. You make enough of a profit to do that.
What must the government do to incite you to do that?