Posted on 10/30/2007 2:09:06 AM PDT by familyop
U.S. government moves toward a national climate change policy that could target dirtier fossil fuels such as the oil sands bitumen, a former U.S. energy official said yesterday.
Oil sand is the best thing energy-wise to happen to us. When the oil gets scarce oil sand will be our future.
a former U.S. energy official
Well at least a former. I sure hope this isn't for real.
Me, too.
But we just had Kansas deny a license for a coal-fired powerplant on the basis that it would contribute to global warming because of the carbon emissions, which is a similar thing.
A former afficial free to lobby for his new client.
yitbos
Meanwhile, China is building these coal-fired plants at a rapid pace and no one says boo.
I’m no techno oil whiz, but isn’t this what a refining process address’s?
And without stack gas precipitators and scrubbers.
Too bad the sun is causing our (minor) warming, so this won't do a damn thing. Besides, you would do more to reduce "greenhouse gases" by capping a single volcano (if that were possible).
CO2 causing global warming must be the biggest scam yet...
When the truth is finally learned none of the jerks who have perpetrated this fraud will ever be held to account. Makes one sick.
Are we de-evolving? ;-)
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In some way we apparently are! It is difficult to grasp all the mindlessness that is now being bandied about in a serious fashion, ideas that would have provoked howls of laughter from a group of mule-following, fourth grade-educated dirt farmers 70 years ago are now being presented as intelligent thinking.
"Wees like toos help you. You know? I myself just happen to work, until I retired, in that very same department. Matter of fact, I wrote the regulation. No one knows it better, and fortuitously I happen to have, now, a private 'consulting company' which, for a very reasonable, to me, fee will 'protect' you."
No, not correct. The total emissions of all volcanoes is a lot less than fossil fuels.
I agree. The vilification of CO2 will give capitalism terminal frostbite.
The Dems have spent the last 40 years throwing monkey wrenches into machinery of the GOP Administrations. This is just the next monkey wrench they have decided to throw in. If a Republican is elected, the Dems will ban oil from oil sands so as to create an economic obstacle to overcome. If a Democrat is elected, they won’t.
One way to throw them a loop would be to pass it before a Dem takes office, but since the GOP is not in control, that’s not likely to happen.
The total emissions of all volcanoes is a lot less than fossil fuels. Says who??
What challenge? I'll bet if you asked most Canadians, they would welcome a 1 or 2 degree increase in temperature up there. Then they wouldn't have to fly down to Palm Springs every winter to warm up.
12 to 27 gigatonnes per year (Gt/yr) from volcanoes and seafloor spreading
Human fossil fuel emissions are about 7000Gt/yr.
I’m already buying up property with the best caves. My next move is to corner the market on flint knives and spears.
China could drill of Fla. if they wanted to.
they always talk about peak oil and all the unsavory governments that we have to get oil from but if you include oil sand and shale canada has the worlds largest oil reserves and at this point they are untouched
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