All things considered, the energy you can get from burning a barrel of
tar sands oil only barely exceeds the energy required to produce it.
Another issue was about the impact
of tar sands on water.
It must be noted that it was conducted by firms connected to companies involved
in tar sands production.
First, producing oil
from tar sands emits two to three times the global warming pollution of conventional oil.
With tar sands in the fuel mix, achieving the additional emission reductions will cost more money.
Yet so far, it has narrowly analyzed each pipeline in isolation without looking at their cumulative effect
on tar sands expansion and the corresponding greenhouse gas emissions.
When this pristine forest is strip - mined
for tar sands development, much of its stored carbon is lost.
And they don't use
coal tar in them anymore anyway.
So next time you're looking for a large - firm lawyer, check the local
tar pits.
This is especially true for the most carbon - intensive of fossil fuels such
as tar sands oil.
Over the past year, corporations have come under increasing public pressure to stop
using tar sands oil.
The pipeline itself is meaningless, what matters, from a climate perspective, are all the additional GHG emissions that would be caused, directly and indirectly,
by tar sand development.
It may be that we'll see some big new fields brought on line or that new sources
like tar sands will expand rapidly.
The new study suggests they could have invented low - tech ways to
make tar with fires, but it's not clear whether those fires were intentionally lit.
Perhaps some people are like that but do
n't tar everyone with the same brush.
Don't worry: it's normal to see a sticky
black tar in there in her first days of life.
Conservatives: Support all pipeline projects
getting tar sands crude to market.
(We know that solar ultraviolet radiation turn methane
into tar).
More tar sands production means more carbon pollution — and it doesn't take a fancy graph to see that.
It's the end of the line for the Keystone pipeline (probably), but not for battles
over tar sands and climate.
It creates a space where those who argue
against tar sands oil are unethical, or hate freedom and democracy.
Using the courts, political pressure, and grassroots power, we're fighting to keep
dirty tar sands oil in the ground.
All of these characteristics make
transporting tar sands crude by pipeline much more dangerous than conventional crude.
The proposed pipeline would
carry tar sands oil through two Indian reservations.
Developing tar sands means increasing the already high pollution burden associated with oil production.
Of course,
calling tar - sands pipelines no riskier than other oil pipelines isn't exactly a huge comfort.
Can be worn alone or layered over your favorite
lip tar.
The industry also opposes changes to
how tar sands oil pipelines are regulated.
Taking tar sands oil amounts to borrowing a dirty needle from a neighbor addict.
Just how bad are the emissions from
burning tar sand oil?
When sunlight strikes black carbon, its dark hue causes it to heat up, something like the way a black
tar roof gets hot on a sunny day.
We have a bucket of
hot tar and a sack of feathers ready.
In 2013, Global applied for a permit to allow it to handle
heavy tar sands crude oil at the same facility.
Based on the initial description of this product, it appears that it could alleviate many of the risks involved with
moving tar sands oil by rail.
Coal
tar works by slowing the growth of skin cells commonly found in those with psoriasis, and in addition helps to reduce any inflammation and itching as well.
Our case was bolstered by the statements made by the industry, banks, and investors on the need for the pipeline to
keep tar sands oil flowing.
The round trip makes the costly - to -
extract tar sands oil competitive in a tight global market.
Be prepared that you may
find tar on the beach.
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New pipelines would mean
massive tar sands expansion that is incompatible with a safe global climate.
The report also describes other market forces that are
putting tar sand developers at a growing disadvantage.