tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14190020436171486712012-02-16T01:42:14.665-08:00somethinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11064413753704351584noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1419002043617148671.post-41223538871300970672012-02-08T06:31:00.000-08:002012-02-08T06:31:53.066-08:00<div>Natural side</div><div><br /></div>Cons:<br /><div>-The waste materials are killing local birds, animals and increasing cancer rates among local people</div><div><div>-Oil sands mining is licensed to use twice the amount of fresh water that the entire city of Calgary uses in a year.</div><div>- At least 90% of the fresh water used in the oil sands ends up in ends up in tailing ponds so toxic that propane cannons are used to keep ducks from landing in them.</div><div>- Processing the oil sands uses enough natural gas in a day to heat 3 million homes in Canada.</div><div>- The toxic tailing ponds are considered one of the largest human-made structures in the world.</div><div>-The ponds span 50 square kilometers and can be seen from space.</div><div>-Producing a barrel of oil from the oil sands produces three times more greenhouse gas emissions than a barrel of conventional oil.</div><div>-The oil sands operations are the fastest growing source of heat-trapping greenhouse gas in Canada.</div><div>-By 2020 the oil sands will release twice the amount produced currently by all the cars and trucks in Canada.</div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1419002043617148671-4122353887130097067?l=alberta-oil-sands.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>somethinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11064413753704351584noreply@blogger.com0