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kz09 发表于 2013-1-14 11:53 
, q9 K! D& ?% G P9 U$ V* n3 {& u6 cthanks for sharing the information. Certainly, our government should and could do a better work. 6 O2 ~' z/ ]+ U6 b( p
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I did watch the video. You were right that the pollution can be further reduced. But oil-sands emissions are far, far from the dark-shirted villain some have made them out to be. Even if you do three million barrels a day, the cumulative global-warming impact is 0.02 to 0.05 degrees Celsius after like, a century? That’s nothing compared to the car CO2 emissions.
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1 }/ V8 O+ ?, G! IThe complaints are mainly from these people:
& b% G7 B3 X0 A# @9 kAlcoholic natives claimed “health problems” so they can get more funding.
6 f; G( X. Z' Y, x6 ^" q# \2 k) x/ BJealous Non-Alberta North Americans because they WISH they had an oil sand like ours.
+ r2 l, I: |* x; h% I' c+ U& z RTree huggers and researchers because they need to justify their existence through the media.5 B0 u E9 D) X4 \$ U% @
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As far as the REAL environmental impact goes, yes there are tailing ponds. So? Someone wants to fish in there?! u9 H, t7 q, e
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