The Dirtiest Fuel on the Planet…

Let’s look at this from Al Gore (from the Huffington Post):

The leaders of the top environmental groups in the country, the Republican Governor of Nebraska, and millions of people around the country — including hundreds of people who have bravely participated in civil disobedience at the White House — all agree on one thing: President Obama should block a planned pipeline from the tar sands of Alberta to the Gulf of Mexico.

The tar sands are the dirtiest source of fuel on the planet. As I wrote in Our Choice two years ago, gasoline made from the tar sands gives a Toyota Prius the same impact on climate as a Hummer using gasoline made from oil. This pipeline would be an enormous mistake. The answer to our climate, energy and economic challenges does not lie in burning more dirty fossil fuels — instead, we must continue to press for much more rapid development of renewable energy and energy efficient technologies and cuts in the pollution that causes global warming.

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• Why Won’t Clean Tech Community Stand Up Against Keystone Pipeline? (treehugger.com)
• Robert Naiman: Why I’m Protesting the Tar Sands Pipeline at the White House on Saturday (huffingtonpost.com)
• Key Republican announces opposition to tar sands pipeline (dailykos.com)