As the tar sands industry focuses on reducing emissions, - TopicsExpress



          

As the tar sands industry focuses on reducing emissions, environmental groups point out that more bitumen production will lock in further dependency on oil for decades to come and delay a transition to renewable energy. Both sides also quarrel over the appropriate carbon comparison for the tar sands: Oil producers say coal plants pump much more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, while environmentalists say the best apples-to-apples comparison is conventional oil because most crude is used as transportation fuel. Stopping Keystone XL will slow tar sands development, they say, while proponents argue the bitumen will be produced and shipped either by other pipelines or rail — with consequences
Posted on: Fri, 01 Nov 2013 12:14:04 +0000

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