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| Squaring the Circle |
| 2011-10-18 |
| Unless Canada, that most pacific of North American nations, is restrained, then life on earth as we know it may be finished. The Washington Post reports that “in May, environmental writer and activist Bill McKibben — pondering a simmering energy issue — asked a NASA scientist to calculate what it would mean for the Earth’s climate if Canada extracted all of the petroleum in its rich Alberta oil sands region.” The answer was blunt. “It is essentially game over,” wrote James E. Hansen, who heads NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies: “It would push atmospheric carbon concentrations so high that humans would be unable to avert a climate disaster.” |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #7 Canuckistan sniper, we'd "unleash the hydrocarbons". Sounds more menacing. Beer accepted: Pilsner Urquell, Tuborg Lager, or any German lager. A dozen bottles/cans an absolute minimum. |
| Posted by: twobyfour 2011-10-18 21:22 |
| #6 OK you Americans! Hand over all the money or we'll let lose the hydrocarbons! Canuckistan for ever (or for another beer). |
| Posted by: Canuckistan sniper 2011-10-18 21:10 |
| #5 So IIUC, thanks to free-market economics the US + CANADA = NORAM possess the world's largest reserves of oil - adding Mexico/Mahico would make it better. Which IMO once again leads back to Govt + Industry Energy Perts + UNO dev a common consensus on the magnitude of the alleged leaking or "cracked" seafloor in the Gulf of Mexico, ala BP DEEPWATER HORIZON. OWG-NWO = akin to PROTO SPACE GOVT-ORDER = Humanity needs to know the TRUE LEVELS/SCALE OF ITS PLANETARY RESERVES AVAILABLE-VS-NOT-AVAILABLE FOR NEAR-EARTH + DEEP SPACE EXPLORATION + COLONIZATION. Dats what Political Leadership + Gubbermints are for, correct??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2011-10-18 20:29 |
| #4 I've the feeling Israel & Canada are going to become great friends. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2011-10-18 14:42 |
| #3 And if the world doesn't end the west would have fairly cheap plentiful energy without any need to deal with the middle east or abandon cars. That is the real thing freaking out the greens right now. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2011-10-18 14:39 |
| #2 So the Post asked Mr. McKibben to ask Mr. Hansen for an opinion, and lo and behold, they got exactly the answer they sought. Boy howdy, how amazing is that? |
| Posted by: Steve White 2011-10-18 14:39 |
| #1 So using a computer model of their legendary predictive skills, i have come to the conclusion that "Nothing would change". |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2011-10-18 14:24 |