Posted on 02/18/2009 11:39:01 AM PST by Tailgunner Joe
CALGARY - U.S. President Barack Obama says Alberta's oilsands industry "creates a big carbon footprint" that leaves Canada and America facing an environmental dilemma about how to curb greenhouse-gas emissions from energy development. He also says he's eyeing carbon capture and storage as a possible solution.
As the public-relations war between industry and environmental groups heats up over the oilsands - the second-largest oil reserves on the planet next to Saudi Arabia - the massive development in northern Alberta has clearly caught the eye of the 44th U.S. president.
Obama has previously vowed to end America's addiction to "dirty, dwindling and dangerously expensive" oil, and on Tuesday he offered more insight into how he plans to do just that.
On the eve of his Thursday trip to Ottawa for a meeting with Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Obama said Canada must partner with the U.S. to find ways to cut greenhouse-gas emissions from petroleum extraction if both countries' economies are to grow in the future.
"What we know is that oilsands creates a big carbon footprint. So the dilemma that Canada faces, the United States faces, and China and the entire world faces is, how do we obtain the energy that we need to grow our economies in a way that is not rapidly accelerating climate change?" Obama told CBC News on Tuesday.
"To the extent that Canada and the United States can collaborate on ways that we can sequester carbon, capture greenhouse gases before they're emitted into the atmosphere, that's going to be good for everybody," he added.
"Because if we don't, then we're going to have a ceiling at some point, in terms of our ability to expand our economies and maintain the standard of living that's so important."
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I’ve been to Calgary.
They could use some Global Warming.
Whatta numbnuts. Carbon Dioxide is already pipelined north into Canada for use in secondary oil recovery and sequestered in the rocks far below the surface. It comes from the Dakota Gassification plant in Beulah, ND
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I remember hearing in the last election that the vote in Alberta went 28-0 for the conservative. This statement was followed by, “and it wasn’t even that close”.
> As a former Canuck, Alberta won’t listen to him.
Alberta is the most sensible of all of our Canadian provinces, IMO. Followed by Saskatchewan, and then Quebec, and then BC.
(I hold dual citizenship with Canada)
Go nuclear, moron. France is more than 70% nuclear, as is Vermont. NJ, CT, and Illinois (remember that state, Mr. President?) are all about 50% nuclear. If it's safe enough for warships and the cheese-eating surrender monkeys, it's safe enough for us.
(By the way... China is on target to match our nuclear output within 10 years... and to triple it ten years after that.)
At least Jimmah Carter stayed home and wore a sweater.
Here we have the socialist fascist line:
USING ENVIRONMENTALISM TO ENSURE A NON COMPETATIVE MARKET FOR OIL ON BEHALF OF OBAMAS ISLAMOFASCIST ARAB FRIENDS, SO THEY WILL HAVE Guranteed MONEY TO SCREW THE WEST. This has nothing to do with Green House Gases, and everything to do with disempowering the West in the face of the World Wide Caliphate.
Someone is going to send Obama home is a match box if he keeps this up.
Obama is leaning on ALberta, which really ate into the Arabs oil revenue at above 60 bucks a bbl.Obama is hauling the ARABS load for them here.
AND NO ONE IS CALLING HIM ON IT.
EFF OBAMA, and EFF any Canadian who takes this neo Imperialism from Obama seriously.
What is Canada, a colony of the USA?
Duh?
Maybe he thinks we are one of the 57 states?
Doesn’t matter what’s “found”, Obamabi and the Red Commie Greens want Western Civilization off of oil.
They KNOW this even though they don’t even know “when” life begins (even 8 months into a pregnancy).
"The Decline and Fall of Western Civilization" and "Americathon".
CANADA...he is coming up to tell you what to do with you country and your assets. What was it he said....57 states or something like that? How many provinces do you have?
I hope you like him, and keep him cause we don’t want him. Maybe you can show him some polar bears since there is no sea ice they should all be handy.
Canadians have been capturing CO2 for years. Thing is, it escapes when you take the cap off the bottle.
I wonder if this idiot understands that China is not a country that cares about pollution, only in succeeding in building their military and economy no matter what.
Life has become an Ayn Rand novel.
Obama shilling for his bosses the Saudis/Iran/Kuwait.
What? Are you crazy?
That's almost worse than using live kittens to stoke your furnace!
30 days in and this guy has already spouted nearly every left-wing talking point there is.
With 4 years to act out his fantasies, we are in deep trouble.
“No one asked them to find oil in Colorado!” whined Jim Taggart.
If he was book smart, his transcript would be in our face each day,,,
If he was born here, his birth certificate would be in our face each day,,,
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