{"id":64666,"date":"2024-08-21T11:10:59","date_gmt":"2024-08-21T18:10:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/energi.media\/?p=64666"},"modified":"2024-08-21T13:36:31","modified_gmt":"2024-08-21T20:36:31","slug":"alberta-oil-status-quo-hacks-outraged-over-even-mildest-criticisms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/energi.media\/energi-notes\/alberta-oil-status-quo-hacks-outraged-over-even-mildest-criticisms\/","title":{"rendered":"Alberta oil status quo hacks outraged over even mildest criticisms"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Which position is &#8220;anti-oil&#8221;? Defending the Alberta status quo, which could lead to industry-wide failure, or advocating for a pivot to non-combustion uses, which could extend a cleaned-up industry&#8217;s life into the 21st century?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yesterday I published a <a href=\"https:\/\/energi.media\/energi-notes\/defending-the-oil-gas-status-quo-uofalberta-energy-transition-training-course-is-awful\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Note<\/a> criticizing the University of Alberta energy transition course. The crux of my argument is that Alberta\u2019s oil and gas leadership thinks the current energy transition is commodity-led like all past transitions when, in fact, this one is technology-led. The UofA course ignored that difference, hence my criticism. My Note was the target of some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/feed\/update\/urn:li:activity:7231833524364853249\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">nasty ad hominem<\/a>. Meh, to be expected. What annoyed me, though, was the baseless accusation that I am anti-oil. Not true.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What I am against is combusting hydrocarbons when we should be using them, instead, as feedstock for Alberta advanced materials manufacturing industries. Imagine a future where Alberta-based factories turn oil sands bitumen into carbon fibre rather than shipping it to American refineries in Illinois or Texas to be made into gasoline or diesel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>This hypothetical isn&#8217;t an idle exercise. Change is coming and much sooner than most Albertans , especially my critics, are prepared to admit.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition to a rapidly accelerating energy transition, there is a global materials transition underway. At least that\u2019s what Saudi Aramco VP Dr. <a href=\"https:\/\/energi.media\/energi-notes\/alberta-ready-to-compete-with-saudis-china-in-global-materials-transition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ibrahim Abba<\/a> and chemist Dr. Paolo Bomben of Alberta Innovates told me.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3wXhz19r0oQ?si=deVmBM_Vi93_i41n\" width=\"300\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Starting with the assumption that Alberta hydrocarbons can be used for non-combustion purposes, at significant scale, follow my argument.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here\u2019s what I wrote in yesterday\u2019s Note about the nature of this energy transition: \u201cthis energy transition is technology-led, unlike every other historical energy transition, which has been commodity-led. When your energy is made in a factory instead of extracted from the ground and combusted, different rules apply, the transition moves at a much faster pace, and the outcomes are different.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a nutshell, wind and solar energy, batteries, electric vehicles, heat pumps, and plenty of other clean energy technologies have passed the inflection point on their S-curves and are now competitive with oil and gas-based technologies like the internal combustion engine. In the words of Dr. Doyne Farmer, the triumph of clean energy is now inevitable.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But when are they likely to triumph? Plenty of forecasters have modelled the energy future. The International Energy Agency, which is well respected outside Alberta if not within, thinks peak demand for all fossil fuels will arrive by 2030, followed by decline within a few years. <\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Assume the IEA is correct<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Is disaster ahead for the Alberta oil and gas sector? The Canadian Energy Regulator\u2019s modelling shows oil sands production declining next decade if the industry has to pay even some of the compliance costs of lowering its extremely high greenhouse gas emissions. The efficient projects with an excellent resource will last longer than less efficient ones, but none of the producers will enjoy anything like the current boom.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Industry players have a more optimistic view of a demand destruction scenario, but it doesn\u2019t hurt to worry about the worst case during a period of intense structural change. Fortunately, the oil sands, which comprise about 75 per cent of Alberta\u2019s oil production, have a pivot: the aforementioned advanced materials manufacturing.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I argue that the threat of a worst case is significant enough that Alberta should begin planning now to build a domestic non-combustion market for bitumen. This has a number of major benefits.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One, extends the life of the oil sands for decades. Instead of facing potential consumption decline combined with a marginal existence, or perhaps even widespread corporate failures, producers could profitably supply local non-combustion demand for decades. Perhaps even into the next century or two, given the huge size of Alberta bitumen reserves.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Two, a new market would provide new sources of revenue to pay for the clean up of Alberta\u2019s unfunded oil and gas environmental liabilities, which likely top $300 billion and counting. Then there\u2019s another $75 billion just to decarbonize the oil sands. Who knows what the bill for the rest of the industry will be? Keeping the industry financially healthy ensures that taxpayers won\u2019t be on the hook for corporate liabilities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Three, building an advanced materials industry and the necessary supply chains in Alberta will create tens of thousands of new jobs while generating more government revenue to support public services.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How in the world can that argument be construed as anti-oil?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>The real energy conversation Alberta should be having<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let me be clear: I am not anti-oil, I am anti-Alberta oil and gas status quo.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My journalism over the past decade has convinced me that the \u201cFuture is Electric\u201d worldview is far more likely than the \u201cOil and Gas Forever\u201d worldview that dominates in the University of Alberta course. If I\u2019m right, then the Alberta industry is staring down the barrel of an existential threat unlike any other it has encountered, including the reviled National Energy Program.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If I\u2019m right, then Alberta should begin a pivot today away from the combustion of its hydrocarbons and toward non-combustion uses, like materials manufacturing. This is a perfectly legitimate argument, which makes my criticism of the University of Alberta\u2019s course entirely legitimate, regardless of whose noses may be out of joint.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, as energy economist David Gray is fond of saying about Alberta\u2019s oil and gas hacks, \u201cif it\u2019s not combustion, it\u2019s communism.\u201d That\u2019s about the quality of criticism levelled at my Note. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unfortunately, it\u2019s also the quality of the Alberta conversation about the global energy transition.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Ask yourself this question: is it anti-oil to defend the Alberta oil and gas status quo, whose existence is threatened by the energy transition, or to argue for a pivot to a different market that has the potential to prolong the Alberta industry&#8217;s life while providing the revenue to clean up its liabilities?<\/p>\n<p>Another question: whose interests are my critics serving? The giant oil companies or the people of Alberta, who actually own the hydrocarbon resource according to the Constitution of Canada?<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s time for a new conversation about the future of oil and gas in Alberta. Thank you to the critics of yesterday&#8217;s Note for opening the door. If they have the courage of their convictions, they&#8217;ll agree to public debates where their Oil and Gas Forever narrative can be properly tested.<\/p>\n<p>If I was a betting man, my money would be on them to avoid that spotlight, mostly because their analysis can&#8217;t stand up to close scrutiny.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Which position is &#8220;anti-oil&#8221;? Defending the Alberta status quo, which could lead to industry-wide failure, or advocating for a pivot to non-combustion uses, which could extend a cleaned-up industry&#8217;s life into the 21st century? Yesterday <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/energi.media\/energi-notes\/alberta-oil-status-quo-hacks-outraged-over-even-mildest-criticisms\/\" title=\"Alberta oil status quo hacks outraged over even mildest criticisms\">[Read more]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":59902,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"give_campaign_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2495],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-64666","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-energi-notes"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Alberta oil status quo hacks outraged over even mildest criticisms - Thoughtful Journalism About Energy&#039;s Future<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/energi.media\/energi-notes\/alberta-oil-status-quo-hacks-outraged-over-even-mildest-criticisms\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Alberta oil status quo hacks outraged over even mildest criticisms - Thoughtful Journalism About Energy&#039;s Future\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Which position is &#8220;anti-oil&#8221;? Defending the Alberta status quo, which could lead to industry-wide failure, or advocating for a pivot to non-combustion uses, which could extend a cleaned-up industry&#8217;s life into the 21st century? Yesterday [Read more]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/energi.media\/energi-notes\/alberta-oil-status-quo-hacks-outraged-over-even-mildest-criticisms\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Thoughtful Journalism About Energy&#039;s Future\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/energimedia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-08-21T18:10:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-08-21T20:36:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/energi.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Markham-Energi-Notes.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"360\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Markham Hislop\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@EnergiMedia\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@EnergiMedia\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Markham Hislop\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/energi.media\\\/energi-notes\\\/alberta-oil-status-quo-hacks-outraged-over-even-mildest-criticisms\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/energi.media\\\/energi-notes\\\/alberta-oil-status-quo-hacks-outraged-over-even-mildest-criticisms\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Markham Hislop\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/energi.media\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/49013226cc9e12f42994b7e2d709e696\"},\"headline\":\"Alberta oil status quo hacks outraged over even mildest criticisms\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-08-21T18:10:59+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-08-21T20:36:31+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/energi.media\\\/energi-notes\\\/alberta-oil-status-quo-hacks-outraged-over-even-mildest-criticisms\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":1093,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/energi.media\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/energi.media\\\/energi-notes\\\/alberta-oil-status-quo-hacks-outraged-over-even-mildest-criticisms\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/energi.media\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/06\\\/Markham-Energi-Notes.jpeg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Energi Notes\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/energi.media\\\/energi-notes\\\/alberta-oil-status-quo-hacks-outraged-over-even-mildest-criticisms\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/energi.media\\\/energi-notes\\\/alberta-oil-status-quo-hacks-outraged-over-even-mildest-criticisms\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/energi.media\\\/energi-notes\\\/alberta-oil-status-quo-hacks-outraged-over-even-mildest-criticisms\\\/\",\"name\":\"Alberta oil status quo hacks outraged over even mildest criticisms - Thoughtful Journalism About Energy&#039;s Future\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/energi.media\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/energi.media\\\/energi-notes\\\/alberta-oil-status-quo-hacks-outraged-over-even-mildest-criticisms\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/energi.media\\\/energi-notes\\\/alberta-oil-status-quo-hacks-outraged-over-even-mildest-criticisms\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/energi.media\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/06\\\/Markham-Energi-Notes.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-08-21T18:10:59+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-08-21T20:36:31+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/energi.media\\\/energi-notes\\\/alberta-oil-status-quo-hacks-outraged-over-even-mildest-criticisms\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/energi.media\\\/energi-notes\\\/alberta-oil-status-quo-hacks-outraged-over-even-mildest-criticisms\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/energi.media\\\/energi-notes\\\/alberta-oil-status-quo-hacks-outraged-over-even-mildest-criticisms\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/energi.media\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/06\\\/Markham-Energi-Notes.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/energi.media\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/06\\\/Markham-Energi-Notes.jpeg\",\"width\":640,\"height\":360},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/energi.media\\\/energi-notes\\\/alberta-oil-status-quo-hacks-outraged-over-even-mildest-criticisms\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/energi.media\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Alberta oil status quo hacks outraged over even mildest criticisms\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/energi.media\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/energi.media\\\/\",\"name\":\"Thoughtful Journalism About Energy&#039;s Future\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/energi.media\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/energi.media\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/energi.media\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Energi Media\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/energi.media\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/energi.media\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/energi.media\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/06\\\/cropped-cropped-EnergiMedia-v3-logo-e1625024297484.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/energi.media\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/06\\\/cropped-cropped-EnergiMedia-v3-logo-e1625024297484.png\",\"width\":302,\"height\":61,\"caption\":\"Energi Media\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/energi.media\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/energimedia\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/EnergiMedia\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/energi-media\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/@EnergiMedia\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/energi.media\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/49013226cc9e12f42994b7e2d709e696\",\"name\":\"Markham Hislop\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/eea8aaa81d11f593b5deeee77f7f05ab04e1cdeaf7d718587fb98eb753de490f?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/eea8aaa81d11f593b5deeee77f7f05ab04e1cdeaf7d718587fb98eb753de490f?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/eea8aaa81d11f593b5deeee77f7f05ab04e1cdeaf7d718587fb98eb753de490f?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Markham Hislop\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/energi.media\\\/author\\\/markham-hislop\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Alberta oil status quo hacks outraged over even mildest criticisms - Thoughtful Journalism About Energy&#039;s Future","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/energi.media\/energi-notes\/alberta-oil-status-quo-hacks-outraged-over-even-mildest-criticisms\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Alberta oil status quo hacks outraged over even mildest criticisms - Thoughtful Journalism About Energy&#039;s Future","og_description":"Which position is &#8220;anti-oil&#8221;? Defending the Alberta status quo, which could lead to industry-wide failure, or advocating for a pivot to non-combustion uses, which could extend a cleaned-up industry&#8217;s life into the 21st century? Yesterday [Read more]","og_url":"https:\/\/energi.media\/energi-notes\/alberta-oil-status-quo-hacks-outraged-over-even-mildest-criticisms\/","og_site_name":"Thoughtful Journalism About Energy&#039;s Future","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/energimedia","article_published_time":"2024-08-21T18:10:59+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-08-21T20:36:31+00:00","og_image":[{"width":640,"height":360,"url":"https:\/\/energi.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Markham-Energi-Notes.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Markham Hislop","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@EnergiMedia","twitter_site":"@EnergiMedia","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Markham Hislop","Est. reading time":"5 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/energi.media\/energi-notes\/alberta-oil-status-quo-hacks-outraged-over-even-mildest-criticisms\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/energi.media\/energi-notes\/alberta-oil-status-quo-hacks-outraged-over-even-mildest-criticisms\/"},"author":{"name":"Markham Hislop","@id":"https:\/\/energi.media\/#\/schema\/person\/49013226cc9e12f42994b7e2d709e696"},"headline":"Alberta oil status quo hacks outraged over even mildest criticisms","datePublished":"2024-08-21T18:10:59+00:00","dateModified":"2024-08-21T20:36:31+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/energi.media\/energi-notes\/alberta-oil-status-quo-hacks-outraged-over-even-mildest-criticisms\/"},"wordCount":1093,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/energi.media\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/energi.media\/energi-notes\/alberta-oil-status-quo-hacks-outraged-over-even-mildest-criticisms\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/energi.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Markham-Energi-Notes.jpeg","articleSection":["Energi Notes"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/energi.media\/energi-notes\/alberta-oil-status-quo-hacks-outraged-over-even-mildest-criticisms\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/energi.media\/energi-notes\/alberta-oil-status-quo-hacks-outraged-over-even-mildest-criticisms\/","url":"https:\/\/energi.media\/energi-notes\/alberta-oil-status-quo-hacks-outraged-over-even-mildest-criticisms\/","name":"Alberta oil status quo hacks outraged over even mildest criticisms - Thoughtful Journalism About Energy&#039;s Future","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/energi.media\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/energi.media\/energi-notes\/alberta-oil-status-quo-hacks-outraged-over-even-mildest-criticisms\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/energi.media\/energi-notes\/alberta-oil-status-quo-hacks-outraged-over-even-mildest-criticisms\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/energi.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Markham-Energi-Notes.jpeg","datePublished":"2024-08-21T18:10:59+00:00","dateModified":"2024-08-21T20:36:31+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/energi.media\/energi-notes\/alberta-oil-status-quo-hacks-outraged-over-even-mildest-criticisms\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/energi.media\/energi-notes\/alberta-oil-status-quo-hacks-outraged-over-even-mildest-criticisms\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/energi.media\/energi-notes\/alberta-oil-status-quo-hacks-outraged-over-even-mildest-criticisms\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/energi.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Markham-Energi-Notes.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/energi.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Markham-Energi-Notes.jpeg","width":640,"height":360},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/energi.media\/energi-notes\/alberta-oil-status-quo-hacks-outraged-over-even-mildest-criticisms\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/energi.media\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Alberta oil status quo hacks outraged over even mildest criticisms"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/energi.media\/#website","url":"https:\/\/energi.media\/","name":"Thoughtful Journalism About Energy&#039;s Future","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/energi.media\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/energi.media\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/energi.media\/#organization","name":"Energi Media","url":"https:\/\/energi.media\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/energi.media\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/energi.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/cropped-cropped-EnergiMedia-v3-logo-e1625024297484.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/energi.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/cropped-cropped-EnergiMedia-v3-logo-e1625024297484.png","width":302,"height":61,"caption":"Energi Media"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/energi.media\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/energimedia","https:\/\/x.com\/EnergiMedia","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/energi-media","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@EnergiMedia"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/energi.media\/#\/schema\/person\/49013226cc9e12f42994b7e2d709e696","name":"Markham Hislop","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/eea8aaa81d11f593b5deeee77f7f05ab04e1cdeaf7d718587fb98eb753de490f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/eea8aaa81d11f593b5deeee77f7f05ab04e1cdeaf7d718587fb98eb753de490f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/eea8aaa81d11f593b5deeee77f7f05ab04e1cdeaf7d718587fb98eb753de490f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Markham Hislop"},"url":"https:\/\/energi.media\/author\/markham-hislop\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/energi.media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64666","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/energi.media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/energi.media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/energi.media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/energi.media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64666"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/energi.media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64666\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64680,"href":"https:\/\/energi.media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64666\/revisions\/64680"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/energi.media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/energi.media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/energi.media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/energi.media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}