http://priceofoil.org/2007/10/31/us-oil-sands-are-%e2%80%9cthreat-number-one%e2%80%9d/ Oil Change International campaigns to expose the true costs of oil and facilitate the coming transition towards clean energy. We are dedicated to identifying and overcoming political barriers to that transition. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:49:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 http://priceofoil.org/2007/10/31/us-oil-sands-are-%e2%80%9cthreat-number-one%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-452997 Theodore Garver Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:01:17 +0000 http://priceofoil.org/2007/10/31/us-oil-sands-are-%e2%80%9cthreat-number-one%e2%80%9d/#comment-452997 I think the push to make the oil sands development accountable for the environmental impacts is excellent. However, I agree with Mr Bishop above conservation should lead the way. The American and world public should fully understand their complaint and for those that are still driving, the hypocrisy of their environmentalism. I have found that while extraction of a barrel of oil requires emission of 80 kg of CO2, the burning of that barrel of oil will yield 530 kg of CO2. If you want your SUV, consider the alternative costs of your war in Iraq. Maybe you should do a environmental assessment of that mess! Americans have among the lowest fuel taxes for the G8 countries and the per capita fuel use is the highest. In Alberta we think that it would be entirely appropriate if Americans would pay an environmental fuel export surcharge that could be used to lower our carbon footprint. I think the push to make the oil sands development accountable for the environmental impacts is excellent. However, I agree with Mr Bishop above conservation should lead the way. The American and world public should fully understand their complaint and for those that are still driving, the hypocrisy of their environmentalism. I have found that while extraction of a barrel of oil requires emission of 80 kg of CO2, the burning of that barrel of oil will yield 530 kg of CO2. If you want your SUV, consider the alternative costs of your war in Iraq. Maybe you should do a environmental assessment of that mess! Americans have among the lowest fuel taxes for the G8 countries and the per capita fuel use is the highest. In Alberta we think that it would be entirely appropriate if Americans would pay an environmental fuel export surcharge that could be used to lower our carbon footprint.

]]> http://priceofoil.org/2007/10/31/us-oil-sands-are-%e2%80%9cthreat-number-one%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-229160 Clifford Bishop Wed, 06 Feb 2008 01:48:46 +0000 http://priceofoil.org/2007/10/31/us-oil-sands-are-%e2%80%9cthreat-number-one%e2%80%9d/#comment-229160 As a chemist and engineer I marvel at the stupidity of the american public. On the one hand they demand bigger and better SUVs and on the other they want cheaper and more plentiful gasolene supplies. Unless all the supplies of hydrocarbon fuels available(oil sands, oil shale,offshore California and Florida plus Anwar) are put into the equation,the US can kiss goodbye to its relatively cheap energy. We must make use of the available sources of energy, Nuclear, Coal liquifaction Natural gas,geothermal energy where it is available and minor sources such as solar power, wind energy. We have very large amounts of natural gas which should be used to replace the use of oil for heating. Finally ethanol should not be made from corn, the energy required for conversion makes it a lousy tradeoff. As a chemist and engineer I marvel at the stupidity of the american public. On the one hand they demand bigger and better SUVs and on the other they want cheaper and more plentiful gasolene supplies. Unless all the supplies of hydrocarbon fuels available(oil sands, oil shale,offshore California and Florida plus Anwar) are put into the equation,the US can kiss goodbye to its relatively cheap energy.
We must make use of the available sources of energy, Nuclear, Coal liquifaction Natural gas,geothermal energy where it is available and minor sources such as solar power, wind energy. We have very large amounts of natural gas which should be used to replace the use of oil for heating.
Finally ethanol should not be made from corn, the energy required for conversion makes it a lousy tradeoff.

]]> http://priceofoil.org/2007/10/31/us-oil-sands-are-%e2%80%9cthreat-number-one%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-156074 Paul Crosby Thu, 01 Nov 2007 23:39:46 +0000 http://priceofoil.org/2007/10/31/us-oil-sands-are-%e2%80%9cthreat-number-one%e2%80%9d/#comment-156074 Hipocracy and corruption from the very top of the social ladder yet again. History will look at Alberta's oil sands as yet another smash and grab opportunity for the selfish and greedy to satisfy their hunger. After the extracting and refinement process is finnally completed i just hope they have a plan to restore Alberta's sands to it's former glory because after the dirty deeds have been done it will take thousands of years of natural ecology to replenish the area back to its natural state. I suspect it won't be the oil companys clearing up the devistation but the local populations tax dollers will supplement the clearup. Hipocracy and corruption from the very top of the social ladder yet again. History will look at Alberta’s oil sands as yet another smash and grab opportunity for the selfish and greedy to satisfy their hunger. After the extracting and refinement process is finnally completed i just hope they have a plan to restore Alberta’s sands to it’s former glory because after the dirty deeds have been done it will take thousands of years of natural ecology to replenish the area back to its natural state. I suspect it won’t be the oil companys clearing up the devistation but the local populations tax dollers will supplement the clearup.

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