Dan m, Canada does have oil, and lots and lots of it. Unfortunately, it is what is called "Sandy Oil" which means the oil is mixed with a whole bunch of sand. Compared to regular light sweet crude Canadian sandy oil sells for about 1/3 of the price, great! Guess what? The oil companies don't want to touch it because it takes more money to refine. Here is the bottom line: The entire world wants stuff cheap, and powerful, wealthy people and corporations want more money and power. We can buy sandy oil for $35 per barrel but after refining it still costs about $3.50 at the tank and the refiners don't make as much money. Sandy oil will never be a sought after commodity until after the entire world goes to war over light sweet crude. O, almost forgot, there is also that big ball in the sky that produces FREE energy but nobody wants to take the time and money to figure out a good way to capture and convert it.