Open this photo in gallery: A Syncrude oil sands mining facility near Fort McKay, Alta.ED JONES/AFP/Getty Images Taylor C. Noakes is an independent journalist and public historian. Don’t believe the hype: there is no untapped export market just waiting for Canadian fossil fuels. Canadians can be forgiven for thinking all it might take to become an energy superpower and end an abusive economic relationship with the United States is to reorient the direction of pipelines, as this is precisely the narrative that has been pushed by politicians, pundits, and the industry for weeks on end. Canada’s major oil and gas...