Save the environment! ... From what?

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Re: Save the environment! ... From what?

Postby Knowname » Sun Jan 03, 2010 10:40 pm

Sounds like something Obama would do. You better pray HARD to whatever god you believe in :|
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Re: Save the environment! ... From what?

Postby guy07 » Mon Jan 04, 2010 10:47 am

But Obama WAS my god. NNNOOOOO!!! :cry:
Spoiler :
Not really.
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Re: Save the environment! ... From what?

Postby Corran » Tue Jan 05, 2010 12:41 am

guy07 wrote:Also, can anyone explain why the Clima-Gate people decided to make Canada look like we're not doing anything? We're the second largest nation in the world and we only give off 2% of the worlds carbon. Given how much of our country is rural and how much vegetation we have (well, in the summer ..), I'd say we probably neutralize our carbon footprint. Canada gets no love. :cry:

This maybe? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_sands
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Re: Save the environment! ... From what?

Postby guy07 » Tue Jan 05, 2010 4:19 am

Canada is the largest supplier of crude oil and refined products to the United States, supplying about 20% of total U.S. imports, and exports more oil and products to the U.S. than it consumes itself.


This means: You get cheap oil, so you can't complain. Didn't you read the USA-CAN Oil Agreement? Geez.

Also, it only accounts for 0.01% of the worlds carbon emissions if my sources are correct. It's not nothing, but it still doesn't justify picking on Canada while other countries emissions from coal mines cost a ton more in carbon emissions. I could go on, but it's best if I not ...
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Re: Save the environment! ... From what?

Postby Knowname » Tue Jan 05, 2010 1:52 pm

Correction that means we get Canadian oil :evil:
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