Michael Jessen's blog

One way of looking at the energy industry today is to liken it to a horse race: coming out of the backstretch, oil is leading natural gas by a nose and coal is half a length back.

If you had placed your bets before the race began, you would feel pretty comfortable as oil, natural gas, and coal head for the wire – a trifecta win already warming your wallet.

As Enbridge tells the story, the Northern Gateway pipeline is the path to a bounty of benefits and opportunities.

This is a tall tale – a pipedream to validate increased corporate profits.