Energy East was always just a "pipe dream" in any case. There is no one on the east coast who can refine bitumen and it seems improbable that the Europeans would have wanted to buy such a carbon-intensive source of oil. Moveover, the possibilities of serious leaks over the course of such a long pipeline were very real. As someone born in Alberta, I say it is time for the province to start thinking seriously about a post-bitumen future.