Comments on: Don’t Buy It! Tar Sands Oil Still Dirty http://priceofoil.org/2008/04/29/dont-buy-it-tar-sands-oil-still-dirty/ Oil Change International campaigns to expose the true costs of fossil fuels and facilitate the coming transition towards clean energy. We are dedicated to identifying and overcoming barriers to that transition. Sun, 20 May 2012 12:28:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: John http://priceofoil.org/2008/04/29/dont-buy-it-tar-sands-oil-still-dirty/comment-page-1/#comment-1691311 John Tue, 23 Nov 2010 01:49:14 +0000 http://priceofoil.org/?p=2665#comment-1691311 I disagree in a small way, yes the oil sands project are producing green house gases, but they are improving. This report is very biased while only showing the bad points and not showing the ways they are trying to improve. For example, the life of a tailing pond has been reduced so that it can be quickly be reclaimed by nature. The law needs these areas to be reclaimed and certified. Most of the water in the tailing ponds are also reused. New technologies are being developed to ease the environmental impact. Another point they forgot to add is carbon capture. Alberta is implementing a new technology proven EFFECTIVE around the world. You capture the carbon in the air and place it into deep secure underground areas where oil was used to be found. I agree the oil sands are a waste and that we should take measures to reduce the dependency we have on fossil fuels and to work on promoting renewable resources like solar power and wind. I disagree in a small way, yes the oil sands project are producing green house gases, but they are improving. This report is very biased while only showing the bad points and not showing the ways they are trying to improve. For example, the life of a tailing pond has been reduced so that it can be quickly be reclaimed by nature. The law needs these areas to be reclaimed and certified. Most of the water in the tailing ponds are also reused. New technologies are being developed to ease the environmental impact. Another point they forgot to add is carbon capture. Alberta is implementing a new technology proven EFFECTIVE around the world. You capture the carbon in the air and place it into deep secure underground areas where oil was used to be found.

I agree the oil sands are a waste and that we should take measures to reduce the dependency we have on fossil fuels and to work on promoting renewable resources like solar power and wind.

]]> By: Al Brocker http://priceofoil.org/2008/04/29/dont-buy-it-tar-sands-oil-still-dirty/comment-page-1/#comment-339951 Al Brocker Tue, 29 Apr 2008 23:09:13 +0000 http://priceofoil.org/?p=2665#comment-339951 Agree that the oil sands are filthy energy at best and they add to Canada's carbon emissions balance. Worse, most of the oil is sold to the US who are the most profligate wasters of oil in the world. (25% of the world's oil for less than 5% of the population). Bituminous oil: -pollutes water used in the process -uses relatively clean natural gas as part of the process (increasing the carbon footprint further) -devastates the land It should be abandoned. If you have to spend $25 million to defend it, you know something is wrong. Agree that the oil sands are filthy energy at best and they add to Canada’s carbon emissions balance. Worse, most of the oil is sold to the US who are the most profligate wasters of oil in the world. (25% of the world’s oil for less than 5% of the population).

Bituminous oil:
-pollutes water used in the process
-uses relatively clean natural gas as part of the process (increasing the carbon footprint further)
-devastates the land

It should be abandoned. If you have to spend $25 million to defend it, you know something is wrong.

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