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Originally Posted by tkflames
This is a very good summary of statistics and at least a much more intelligent starting point to start a discussion than "the east hates us" and "everyone hates us so we should separate".
Can someone with a stronger technical background than me explain why on page 4 on multiple occasions we are comparing GHGs for extraction in Alberta to GHGs emitted for barrels refined in the US. Would it not make sense to compare lifecyle GHG emissions from extraction through refining of a similar quality canadian product to a Houston equivalent or is this what the article is in fact saying that through carefully chosen words??
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First of all no ones said those two “quotes”. The east is however treating the west and it’s resource sector unfairly and hypocritically.
Secondly for someone who lives out east and has previously expressed skepticism to the truth that Westerners are unfairly being maligned thank you for taking the time to read that. It explains how unfairly the oil and gas sector is being treated better than a million posts from me on CP ever could. In regards to your question, they’re both talking about the GHG required for extraction. Comparing it to the US refined average is comparing our oil to the ghg from extraction for any other barrel of oil as they all descend on the gulf coast to get refined. Basically, despite claims of oil sands oil being catastrophically dirty many oil sands barrels are now less ghg intensive than average.