Hypocritic US calls on Europe to wean itself from Russian gas

[SvennoJ]

fauzman said:

SvennoJ said:

 

Rather nuclear than this


Digging up half of Alberta for oil sands, which not only takes the boreal forest away but also produces a shit load of CO2 and pollutes the water table.
Ofcourse since few cars run on electricity, the oil sands will still all be dug up.

Oil and coal arent the only other alternative sources of electricity. There are renewables for example, which here in NZ makes a significant portion of the electricity generated. If this is such a serious roblem in Canada ( I assume that is where Alberta is), then why isnt the government doing something about it. 

It's not for electricity generation. There's plenty hydro and nuclear around here. Plus solar panels are getting more common. Most of the oil extracted is sold to the US. Canada supplied 28% of US crude oil imports in 2012. The government is making money of it. They're actually subsidizing the oil sands and exempting them from water usage regulation. It's not a problem since nobody lives there :/


1% of electricity comes from oil, it's pure for profit.