Emissions are no worse than those from other oil sources
Mon Dec 07 2009
n the run-up to the Copenhagen climate summit, much has been said to portray the oil sands as the single largest obstacle toward a solution to global climate change. Such rhetoric trivializes the challenge we face.
n the run-up to the Copenhagen climate summit, much has been said to portray the oil sands as the single largest obstacle toward a solution to global climate change. Such rhetoric trivializes the challenge we face.
Indeed, shutting down the oil-sands industry would make only a small dent in Canada's emissions profile, much less the world's. That's because oil sands account for a bit less than 5 per cent of Canada's total GHG emissions and just one-tenth of 1 per cent of the global total. These stem from our production of some 60 per cent of Canada's oil requirements.
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