Comments on: U.S. Not Ready for Keystone XL Worst-Case

By: Oilies sink to a new low: “Ethical” tar sands : Wildlife Promise

Oilies sink to a new low: “Ethical” tar sands : Wildlife Promise — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 17:52:46 +0000

[...] have written plenty about the enormous threat posed by tar sands, so I won’t go into detail here — suffice to say that it’s an [...]

By: Kbockmann

Kbockmann — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 03:28:00 +0000

Environmentalists, of course, oppose the project. They imagine spills because they believe the pipe’s steel won’t be strong enough to hold the load. They are not moved by fact it will be made of advanced materials and transport the crude at low pressure.The environmental lobby will cite, as well, the higher level of emissions associated with oil sands production. But as we’ve noted many times, there’s nothing to fear about CO2. It is a naturally occurring substance necessary for life. It has a weak greenhouse effect and makes up only a small sliver of our atmosphere.Expect environmentalists to also argue there’s not enough oil in the ground to justify such a project. They’d be wrong. The Green River Environmentalists, of course, oppose the project. They imagine spills because they believe the pipe’s steel won’t be strong enough to hold the load. They are not moved by fact it will be made of advanced materials and transport the crude at low pressure.The environmental lobby will cite, as well, the higher level of emissions associated with oil sands production. But as we’ve noted many times, there’s nothing to fear about CO2. It is a naturally occurring substance necessary for life. It has a weak greenhouse effect and makes up only a small sliver of our atmosphere.Expect environmentalists to also argue there’s not enough oil in the ground to justify such a project. They’d be wrong. The Green River formation in the Western U.S. alone might hold more than 1.5 trillion barrels of oil, the U.S. Geological Survey estimates. in the Western U.S. alone might hold more than 1.5 trillion barrels of oil, the U.S. Geological Survey estimates.

By: Kbockmann

Kbockmann — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 03:25:00 +0000

Some have been critical of the environmental impact of using Canadian oil sands. However, Cambridge Energy Research Associates found those concerns may be overstated. It also notes that up to 37 percent of U.S. oil imports could come from crude derived from Canadian oil sands by 2035, and that technological advances in the Canadian oil sands have allowed Canada to become the world’s second largest holder of recoverable oil reserves, behind only Saudi Arabia.Further, the Canadian government says the average greenhouse gas emissions per barrel in the oil sands industry has decreased 38 percent since 1990, due to technology advancements.

By: Kbockmann

Kbockmann — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 15:38:00 +0000

This article is a joke, not true at all. Think you can handle the truth. here is it. http://kbockmann.blogspot.com/