Many times whilst riding the seabus I saw Canadian Naval vessels moored right next to it at the old Expo 86 Pavillion.Saw many container ships,those really big ones that haul seacans and which are also single hulled.Saw oil tankers as well.When I went to Vancouver to take care of things in June 2018 I drove there and my brother lived next to the ferry terminal.I am scared of heights and the upper levels highway is scary as hell but from that vantage point you could see a veritable SHITLOAD of all sorts of ships.Container ships for the most part as well as cruise ships and so on and so forth.Hey do you know about the coal terminal at Tsawwassen?It is the departure point of all dry bulk ships going out full of koking coal to China and coming back to get refilled.That koking coal comes from ElKford BC from the mine run by Teck Resources.Koking coal is used for steel production.The only way on earth on a commercial level can steel be made and it is in a foundry with iron ore and koking coal.You cant do it any other way with any other means of energy.It is a scientific FACT. Having said what I have and responded to your inquirey/opinion about the whole matter is just NIMBY.Actually it is a matter of both NIMBY and the eco nut jobs who just do it because they are a faithless people who are brainwashed about "Sacred Mother Earth" and at the same time there are professional protesters who get paid to do what they do.The pushback on the whole pipeline expansion is just plain fucked with regards to the National Interest.At the same time you dont see any protesters bitching about the largest koking export terminal on the entire west coast!Ask one of these idiots what koking coal is and the answer would be "it is coal and it should be banned".Recollect in one of your posts that you've seen Vancouver Harbour riding the Sea Bus. You need to lobby for a proper deep water port such as Kitamat with a wider access channel to open ocean.
How many ships collide in the Burrard Inlet?....between that huge mix of container/cruise/tanker/military?Keep in mind though that only Military ships and Oil Tankers are either strategically or legally enforced to be double hulled.
This action to stop the TMX expansion is both NIMBY and it is fed with foreign money from special interest groups like the Tides Foundation.Over 66% of BC residents support it and yet 1/10th of 1/10th of 1/10th of 1% of the population decides to show up a protest Society should bend to the will of that tiny fragment of Society.My response to that is a loud FUCK YOU!






