Alberta Oil Sands featured on "60 Minutes"

http://www.landbanking.us An excerpt from "60 Minutes" on the vast potential of Alberta Oil Sands.

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[mazdarx7gx]

A few facts that some don't want you to know.

Oil sands are responsible for 5% of the total green house gases in Canada and around 1tenth of 1percent of the total global emmis.

Sounds perty small, So we should shut down everything? what about our economy? what about all the un-employed? Yes I know (green jobs) haha but there are no green jobs. And we get to buy oil from the saudis, it's okay for them to put there people to work, but not okay for Canadians to have a good job.

Insane

[Ghat801]

Who's planet is it anyway???

They call it a resource! It makes short term bucks and will cost infinite sums in the long run, but not for them.

It's Ok for the oil men and some politicians who stake their popularity on economic progress - at any cost!

I feel sorry for anyone who has to work these mines.

WHY aren't we yet mining the wind or sun for our energy???

[jackiechan511]

A lot of Americans wont be able to find Canada on a map

[wowhornby]

The saudis are gonna try to bomb canada next. 9-11 will be nothing!

[Kanes94]

Yes the wages are GREAT, BUT, the cost of living in Ft.McMurray is ridiculous. A regular 1200 sq.ft. bungalow will cost you $700,000.00, and if you just want to rent a bedroom, that'll cost you $750.00- to $1200.00 per month ! And it's not any easy work day, with 12 hour shifts at the site, but depending on which site you work on, it's an hour to 2 hour bus ride to site everyday. So for example, you catch your bus to work at 6 am, and you get home at 9 pm.,and you don't get paid for travel.

[yomamasapeach]

I wonder why 60 minutes doesn't do a special on mining in Canada and US, or the massive coal reserves in China.

[sn1pe352]

@Ghat801 Please check out my page, i offer tangible sustainable solutions that will put these planet raping pigs out of business(pardon my crude language) but i cannot help but to be pissed

Namaste

Nicholas Ellis

PS this goes for ANYONE who wants REAL change in alternative energy resources, it starts with the physicist at Ivy league schools blindly following conventional "physical laws" like e=mc^2 and celestial mechanics ie "nuclear fusion", its not the politicians fault but the Scientist

[iglobalcast]

Compare the harm to the enviorment from the Auto industry, smelting and manufactuering for half the profit. Maybe shut the Auto industry if your concerned about pollution.

[robdmhaze]

@323646737 well canada has about 150 years of proven reserves so i think were good..

[mrryencoke]

Total Oil Sands Development Produces Under 30 Mt Of Carbon Emissions.

The Scherer Coal Fired Power Plant In Juliette Georgia Alone Produces More Then 25 Mt.

Go protest there, you unwashed hippies.

Better yet, The Tuen Mun China Coal Power Plant produces 35.8 Mt. I Dare you to protest there!

[323646737]

@robdmhaze What will you do when oil runs out? allow me to guess- look for alternatives. So why not start now and phase out oil production slowly and steadily. This is the right way of doing things since we know for a FACT that we will run out of oil and we will eventually have to look for alternatives.