The proposed methanol refinery in Kalama will supply fuel for China; and oil from the expanded Zenith terminal in Portland, shipped down our Columbia River, is designated for export.
Northwest Innovation Works wants to build the world’s largest methanol refinery in Kalama, using Canadian fracked gas whose extraction destroys aquifers. Wu Lebin, chairman of the Chinese Academy of Sciences Holding Co., which is part of the Chinese government, which owns NWIW, envisions our methanol as fuel in China.
Chinese expansion threatens freedom of the seas. Over 200 Chinese ships are now near Thitu, one of the Spratly Islands falsely claimed by China in the South China Sea, where they have built many bases. The Philippines and the U.S. (their only military ally) are conducting exercises in the area. Adm. Philip Davidson, head of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, said, “There is no guarantee that the United States would win a future conflict with China.”
Why should we supply China with fuel to possibly be used against us in the future?
