Friday's letters: Target consumers, not oil firms

Re. “All of us must pay true costs of consuming oil,” Opinion, Jan. 24
Craig Cameron wants oil companies to go away by way of economic suicide. It’s at best simplistic if he thinks that the climate problem will be solved if Canadian producers of oil disappeared.
He forgets about consumers; they are actually the ones who put carbon into the air. His strategy would have Canadian consumers emit carbon from Saudi, or U.S., Russian or Venezuelan oil. Just as is the case in Eastern C