Dear Editor,

Why is the Harper government liquidating Canada's tar sands as fast as it possibly can? We are at peak oil, which means the price of crude will only rise.

The tar sands have been sitting there for millions of years, so waiting a few more years will not hurt anything, and it will give future generations a source of soon-to-be very valuable hydrocarbons.

The way the tar is currently extracted uses a vast amount of natural gas, which has a very small carbon footprint and should be used much more wisely.

What I would give to have governments that could plan more than two years ahead, rather than their live-for-today mentality. History will not be kind to the Harper government being controlled by Big Oil.

Dave Rush, Maple Ridge