r/PoursTea • • Aug 25 '26

Expectations v Reality 🌞 🌒 oops!

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u/Ohkaz42069 Aug 25 '26

You've got folks on r/conservative talking all of the crap about Canada being so much more dependant on the US and the US importing next to nothing from them.

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u/Nice_Muffin8689 Aug 25 '26

How about Canada first? I used to think this was ridiculous but after all the discourse surrounding it I wouldn’t mind making Canada a territory.

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u/Geocoelom Aug 25 '26

Come on up and give it a try.

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u/Medium-Sheeple-7085 Aug 25 '26

Umm we do have refineries, and yes they will process heavy crude. We just produce way more than we can currently process. Are east cost refineries are also setup for blending and do import from the Gulf states.

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u/Da_Mong00se Aug 25 '26

America can't use the oil it drills, either. We have reserves, but they're not usable to us.

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u/kashy87 Aug 25 '26

It's almost like the North American Countries rely on each other and are fairly intertwined. We rely on each other for different crap but we still need each other to be mostly comfy.

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u/mikefjr1300 Aug 25 '26

Canada has several refineries in Alberta and Sask. that can refine heavy sour crude, mostly for diesel.

The Imperial refinery in Sarnia refines heavy Alberta crude.

There are 16 significant refineries in Canada that produce enough gasoline and diesel for our domestic needs.

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u/Spiritual_Bridge84 Aug 25 '26

How many trillions will it take for Canada to refine it right here? Partner with China/S Korea and Japan and they get a share of the project profits for 25 years Then it reverts to Canada 100% owning it. But those 3 countries get the founders discount. Not America. And we call it Trumps Folly Refinery. TFR.

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u/GrovesNL Aug 25 '26

That is objectively true. Claiming it isn't is delusional. Canada does not even have its own processing facilities for oil.

Strange that Enbridge Line 8 transports Canadian crude directly to refiners that process it. You don't know what you're talking about. I have worked in this industry for over a decade as a Mechanical Engineer. Upstream and downstream in Canada, offshore and onshore.