Comments on: Alberta Tar Sands, Keystone XL Pipeline: Game over for climate change

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By: Extreme weather convinces Americans global warming is real | Occasional Planet

Tue, 22 May 2012 12:01:38 +0000

[…] Tar sands oil extraction and production emits three times more carbon dioxide than from production of conventional oil. To extract oil from tar sands, companies must destroy fragile forest ecosystems and then use a very energy-intensive refining process to turn that oil into gasoline. Tar sands mining and production harm the boreal forest’s fragile ecosystem, waste enormous amounts of water, produces toxic byproducts, and disrupt the lives of indigenous people in the area. Fuel from tar sands represents an increasingly significant portion of the fuel used in cars in the United States. Currently, the U.S. is the only market for tar sands oil. […]

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 16:11:00 +0000

In reply to Mike.

I know you wrote about it on October 25, 2010. It is an important issue and should be discussed more. It is also something that most people – both the liberty-lovers and the central planners – could get behind.Obviously, the public health and criminal justice issues of adults using cannabis as a safer alternative for enjoyable recreation is a separate issue and should not serve as an obstacle to developing more sustainable fuel technologies.

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 16:03:00 +0000

I suggest you use your pulpit to advocate for domestic hemp production.

It is economical, environmentally sustainable, and could be a boon for Boone County and other parts of Missouri.