tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post7361469226232715665..comments2024-03-22T05:20:44.167-07:00Comments on The Disaffected Lib: James Hansen Arrested at White HouseThe Mound of Soundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-22148466009587473082011-09-19T13:46:02.122-07:002011-09-19T13:46:02.122-07:00Hi there - would appreciate proper credit and link...Hi there - would appreciate proper credit and link to the photo as the only requested conditions for use of the photos - http://www.flickr.com/photos/tarsandsaction/sets/72157627423532685/?page=4 - Thanks!Benhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/tarsandsaction/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-42261988098594233032011-09-03T06:57:29.499-07:002011-09-03T06:57:29.499-07:00Anon5:00 - do you really want bitumen piped into a...Anon5:00 - do you really want bitumen piped into and refined in Ontario?The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-2274866658812755672011-09-03T05:00:04.620-07:002011-09-03T05:00:04.620-07:00Interesting -- Alberta sells its oil to the US, bu...Interesting -- Alberta sells its oil to the US, but Eastern Canada gets none of it. We really are treated like second class citizens down here. S. McCabeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-57063312917938488352011-09-01T16:17:23.037-07:002011-09-01T16:17:23.037-07:00To the anonymous poster who is about to join the d...To the anonymous poster who is about to join the discussion with fanciful tales about NASA satellite data and one Roy Spencer, it's a load of hogwash. Spencer took a century of data model and then cherry picked the most favourable decade. The model he used to reach his conclusions contained no effective ocean, no southern oscillation. It was, as the climate scientists at realclimate.org contend, a "tuned" study massaged to fit the desired conclusions. You can learn a great deal about Dr. Spencer by searching that site.<br /><br />Then again I'm sure the Director of NASA's Goddard Space Laboratory, Dr. James Hansen, hasn't heard about the NASA satellite data you're referring to, right?<br /><br />And, by the way, don't swallow nonsense by some "fellow" at the Heartland Institute. It's horseshit.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-16085103989745325462011-09-01T14:32:44.870-07:002011-09-01T14:32:44.870-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-19651506629172307412011-09-01T08:16:31.817-07:002011-09-01T08:16:31.817-07:00Anon8:55, there is a difference, a huge difference...Anon8:55, there is a difference, a huge difference. Sweet crude oil from the Middle East is far easier to extract and refine. That translates into far less energy and greenhouse gases to get it to the pump compared to the very energy intensive Tar Sands bitumen that has to be mined or boiled out of the ground, upgraded and then refined through a much more costly process. Tar Sands bitumen also savages the boreal forest and produces a lot of toxic waste, some of it atmospherically released, most of it held in toxic tailing ponds that are visible to the eye from the International Space Station. The bitumen sludge is full of acids, carcinogens and abrasive particles. It's not oil.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-59588140249097253432011-08-31T20:55:53.711-07:002011-08-31T20:55:53.711-07:00Whether you buy 'ethical' oil from Suncor ...Whether you buy 'ethical' oil from Suncor in Canada, or 'unethical' oil from Suncor in Syria, I don't really see the difference. The same amoral people get the money either way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-16546578761391336932011-08-31T20:38:21.785-07:002011-08-31T20:38:21.785-07:00As quoted on climateprogress.org, James Hansen sai...As quoted on climateprogress.org, James Hansen said:<br /><br />"If the tar sands pipeline is approved, we will be back, and we will grow...For the sake of our children and our grandchildren we must find somebody who is working for our dream". Inspiring words for us all.<br /><br />Bryce, as a representative of the Manhatten Institute and big oil, argues in the debate that the tar sands oil is "going somewhere", in other words this oil will be extracted and burned, period. Bill McKibben argues that the tar sands are a vast geological carbon sink similar to the Amazon rainforest, and there should be at least a 5-10 year moratorium on development.<br /><br />I wonder why big oil is in such a huge rush to get this pipeline built and the oil flowing? Is it really to supply energy needs, or is it because they know that in the coming decade the world is going to be hit hard with the reality of climate change and finally turn away from fossil fuels?LMAnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-81939477508866294432011-08-31T18:53:22.008-07:002011-08-31T18:53:22.008-07:00MOS - well stated!MOS - well stated!sassyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10423260743909863283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-43953317105680861652011-08-31T17:41:07.297-07:002011-08-31T17:41:07.297-07:00Yes, of course, let's consider oil producing (...Yes, of course, let's consider oil producing (Arab) countries that treat their women like second class citizens. If we focus hard enough on that maybe we can avoid considering the men, women and children who stand to be driven from their homes, a good many to perish, from our indulgence in filthy, unconventional fossil fuels, a.k.a. the Tar Sands. These "ethical oil" people are such hypocritical assholes - the lot of them.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-63318615041973122132011-08-31T16:30:07.948-07:002011-08-31T16:30:07.948-07:00I heard the "ethical oil" bullshit was u...I heard the "ethical oil" bullshit was used against actress and protester Darryl Hannah this morning. Supposedly she had a WTF look on her face as the CTV interviewer went on about oil producing countries that treat their women like 2nd class citizens. Ezra Levant must be proud, grrrrrr.Beijing Yorkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05579118045254845839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-46978423516991767962011-08-31T13:15:06.119-07:002011-08-31T13:15:06.119-07:00The Universe give me patience please! This is so ...The Universe give me patience please! This is so very disgusting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com