Reddit mentions of Oil's Deep State: How the petroleum industry undermines democracy and stops action on global warming

Hey, I'm just as mad about the 40billion LNG facility. We absolutely shouldn't be building at either. It's hypocritical as hell and I hope Horgan and the NDP gets called out for it, hard.

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It's sad that Albertans are the ones "taking the hit", but the reality is that they've build their entire economy around the industry that's causing the problem. That's something that's been going on in Alberta for decades, organized by fossil fuel companies that KNEW that this was going to happen, but didn't care what effect it would have on Albertans when this was all going to come crashing down. They were looking out for themselves and their bank accounts, and they've had a great few decades milking Alberta of it's wealth and setting them up for failure.

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Don't be mad at BC. Don't be mad at other Canadians trying to get our country to meet it's climate commitments and responsibilities. Be mad at folks like oil lobbyist Bruce Carson, and the folks at the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, and other big oil lobbyists who caused this problem for Alberta.

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If you're interested in seeing how brutally the oil industry has fucked up the prosperity of Albertans, and drained the province of it's wealth and set it up for failure, check out:

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Oil's Deep State by the former Alberta Liberal leader Kevin Taft
After the Sands by Gordon Laxer, founder of the Parkland Institute in Alberta
The Big Stall by Donald Gutstein, SFU Professor, teaching issues of news media and propaganda analysis