Tar Sands in Alberta

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Tar Sands in Alberta is Canada's worst environmental disaster. Please share this video with your friends and family in order to help spread the word. Together we can make a difference, together we can stop the destruction.

Soundtrack: Adagio for Strings by Boston Symphony


Facts:
It covers an area the size of england: APRIL 2011 UPDATE: Total area= 140,200 km squared, or 54,132 square miles. Currently, this is actually larger than the size of England (it's about the size of England and Wales combined).
Oil from the tar sands is one of the world's most carbon-intensive fuels
Two tonnes of tar sand produces a single barrel of oil.
The tar sands generate 40 million tonnes of carbon dioxide per year, more than every car in Canada combined.
The oil itself is bitumen which contains cancer-causing polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.
To reach the bitumen, the Boreal Forest is destroyed.
Because of the tar sands, Canada's greenhouse gas emissions have grown more since 1990 than those of any other G8 nation.
Important waterways like the Athabasca River are being contaminated by 11 million litres of toxic waste every day.
Because of the Canada oil sands, the air is polluted with dangerous toxins, poisoning communities with rare cancers and autoimmune diseases.
It destroys critical animal habitats and some of Canada's most pristine landscapes.
Unfortunately, the Alberta government has approved every proposed project.
Take action and spread the word!


This video was created by Laurent Cousineau

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[Hyuiolosa]

If a person caused this kind of destruction, he'd be in jail for life.

[Alvord1430]

Thank you for destroying your beautiful country for our benefit.

China

[SyndicalistTimes]

@CryptWarrior69

why would I want your address?

I love seeing 'police' types being abusive on the internet, it shows what sort of person authority attracts: violent assholes.

Fuck you pig

[MsArtisticangel]

@TM22isViral It is the point. You contribute to the problem by being a consumer of products, as do the makers of this video. Its hard to take seriously if those who complain do not back their words up with their actions.

[doggystarful]

I'm developing a renewable resource which will never run out as long as you keep me supplied with gin and hoes ,it's a jizz driven power plant,it's perfected yet

[doggystarful]

Tree hugs all round

[poijkloipssdsd]

@CryptWarrior69 Sounds like you're coming on to him.

[Leggir]

Still cleaner than coal. Like coal the forests get replanted after the sands are removed. Environmental footprint is much smaller than the gulf disaster this last summer or from the defunct nuclear plant in Japan. Currently this is the best alternative to supporting the tyrannical regimes in the middle east that oppress the people or Venezuela's Hugo Chavez. Hopefully Thorium Fusion reactors will alleviate much of the energy crisis.

[ToeInspector]

@bdepardell and you are a coward.

[MsArtisticangel]

@CryptWarrior69 I can't think of anything more disturbing than someone with an attitude like yours on a police force anywhere.

[CryptWarrior69]

@SyndicalistTimes weak ass? haha 6'3 190 pounds lean, police training, come on man say it to my face, want my address? then you see how fast your body will turn into a mangled lifeless body