Canada has the world's largest oil reserve outside of Saudi Arabia Production of this unconventional oil generates three times as much greenhouse gas as conventional oil production OTTAWA, June 20 /PRNewswire/ - In a speech today in Canada's capital, US presidential candidate Senator John McCain is set to praise secure trade relations between the US and Canada, noting Canada's abundant and secure energy supply. But the full story includes very real threats from Canada's oil supply, most of which comes from the unconventional Tar Sands, where producing a barrel of oil leads to almost three times the greenhouse gas emissions as producing a barrel of conventional oil. "It's a little known fact that Canada provides the US with the most carbon-intensive fossil fuel on the planet and if that's not a security threat, then what is?" said Will Craven of ForestEthics in San Francisco. Read the rest of this entry »
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McCain and the Tar Sands
Posted by mhudema on June 22, 2008
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged: alberta government, energy security, energy supply, global warming, greenhouse gas emissions, john mccain, oil sands, stelmach, tar sands, trade relations | Leave a Comment »
