Anyone who has followed the Keystone XL environmental disaster knows the environmental damage caused by mining and refining tar sands. One gallon of oil is used to make every three. The land is decimated as bad as a large strip mine. The tarbit is transported under extreme pressure and is not taxed due to a loophole in the law.
Now it is being proposed to occur in the US, as well as Canada. salsa3.salsalabs.com/o/50874/p/salsa/web/common/public/signup?signup_page_KEY=7989 The fossil fuel industry is not interested in retrofitting to clean energy. They are not interested in the 90 percent of scientists who agree climate change is occurring or the 82 percent who believe human activity is a contributing factor. (This is based on a 2009 survey of more than 3,000 scientists by the University of Illinois researcher Peter Doran.)
We cannot all attend everything, but consider getting involved. It is time we act in our own best interests. Even if you are among one of the persons on the fence about climate change (and some people may legitimately be), it is still clear that we are rapidly reaching the point where technology is costing more in terms of environmental damage and quality of life that the fossil fuel energy we are gleaning. We need to move toward a sustainable and renewable energy grid.
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