>are often complaining about U.S. oil consumption just like the Europeans. I wonder how Canadians would feel if tomorrow the U.S. no longer needed oil or gas?
What does one have to do with the other?
> After all, Canada, not Iraq nor Saudi Arabia, is the largest supplier of oil and gas to the United States. It would certainly make the environmentalists happy, but it would also seriously affect the economy.
Not really.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Canadahttp://www2.nrcan.gc.ca/es/ener2000/online/html/chap3b_e.cfmOil represents only about 8 billion dollars in a trillion dollar economy.