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Originally Posted by edslunch
Replacing coal with Canadian gas is a big win for the environment. Flooding the world with high carbon intensive bitumen is not.
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The carbon difference between producing a bunch of “carbon intensive” bitumen and producing a bunch of “cleaner” oil is like pissing in the ocean relative to the carbon produced by burning any type of oil. This is what is maddening to people in the Alberta O&G industry. Shutting us down isn’t going to do anything. It’s just going to make someone else richer and able to afford the future transition to a greener energy base.
The only way to stop producing carbon is to stop burning it. Production will take care of itself if that happens.
It’s the inconvenient truth for the environmental movement.