Action at State Department on Tar Sands - World's Dirtiest Oil
Secretary of State Clinton Is The Focus of New Effort to Stop the Dirtiest Oil in the World - Canadian Tar Sand Oil - from Reaching the U.S.
The Canadian Tar Sands are located a day’s drive from Glacier National Park and are one of the most destructive projects on Earth. Already visible from space, the Tar Sands, - a lunar landscape of 'sacrifice zone' -are scheduled to grow to the size of Michigan. Tar Sands oil production generates 3-5 times the greenhouse gas emissions of conventional oil. Production of Tar Sands oil destroys fresh drinking water, pollutes the air, and razes some of the ... Full Story »
Posted by Dwight Rousu
There is a technological solution to make tar sands ecologically friendly. Do everything possible to encourage the uptake of renewable energy, the uptake of electric cars, the more efficient use of existing energy and the supply of affordable birth control to every woman of the world to stop our mad dash to bred ourselves extinct. With the resulting reduction in energy demand and hence price, tar sands will no longer be economically viable. The area will then heal itself over a few decades. It is a waste of effort to campaign against tar sand extraction while it is economically viable.