Thank you for doing your research, California.
"Huge amounts of water are required in the process, leaving toxic tailings ponds covering 50 square miles."
Yeah but the funny think about that, the waters get recycled, cleaned, and re-used.
"Three million gallons of toxic water leaks from these ponds into nearby water systems and rivers every day."
Where did you get this information? Right, right out of your ass.
"Downstream communities have seen an increase in rare cancers associated with Tar Sands compounds."
Okay, you mean "downstream COMMUNITY," and they have a "higher than expected amount." Also, it has been reported that "There are no chronic problems... We haven't found any trends.”
And I have something they don't. A SOURCE. Yeah, really, what's that?
Look, I'm not saying that these oil sands are environmentally awesome, because just have a look at that article. Yeah, the water sucks. But really, you want to relate that to the gushing oil in the gulf? Give me a break.
And though Wiki isn't exactly a 100% credible source, the page on this kind of cancer is pretty well-sourced. It says that this kind of cancer is mostly caused by "resonance imaging, endoscopic ultrasonography, [and] bile duct biopsy."
So how does that relate to the water from the oil sands?
"The Alberta Government rubber stamps new Tar Sands operations without thorough environmental assessment."
Which new tar sands operations? Where are you getting this information? Why are you just spewing "facts" without proper backup. Right, because that would require research that may not yield the results that suit you best.
"Millions of migratory birds are expected to die in the next several decades because of Tar Sands operations."
In the past couple of months, how many birds have been killed in the gulf? Approximately 712 birds, 315 turtles, and 37 mammals are killed every day in the gulf. So let's just multiply that by 80. That's 56, 960 birds dead, 25, 200 turtles, and 2, 960 mammals dead in less than three months. That's 85, 120 dead already, never mind fish, plants, and land animals dead from poisoning. You think more fish than birds are dead? You bet. They have to BREATHE this stuff.
By the way, a source for the above information.
So how DARE you compare Alberta's sands to this disaster!
And my favorite:
"Worst of all, the Tar Sands hold 178 billion barrels of oil, second largest reserve in the world. James Hansen, the eminent climatologist from NASA has said they if they are exploited fully, it’s essentially game over for global warming."
Now I really hate to break it to you morons but GLOBAL WARMING HAS BEEN EXPOSED AS A SCANDAL.
You.
Idiots.
Now I really was trying to find some fair facts to support Rethink Alberta and I did find the article on dirty water. Well that's no secret. But where did you get the rest of this crap?
Same place where all literal crap comes from?
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"Huge amounts of water are required in the process, leaving toxic tailings ponds covering 50 square miles."
Yeah but the funny think about that, the waters get recycled, cleaned, and re-used.
"Three million gallons of toxic water leaks from these ponds into nearby water systems and rivers every day."
Where did you get this information? Right, right out of your ass.
"Downstream communities have seen an increase in rare cancers associated with Tar Sands compounds."
Okay, you mean "downstream COMMUNITY," and they have a "higher than expected amount." Also, it has been reported that "There are no chronic problems... We haven't found any trends.”
And I have something they don't. A SOURCE. Yeah, really, what's that?
Look, I'm not saying that these oil sands are environmentally awesome, because just have a look at that article. Yeah, the water sucks. But really, you want to relate that to the gushing oil in the gulf? Give me a break.
And though Wiki isn't exactly a 100% credible source, the page on this kind of cancer is pretty well-sourced. It says that this kind of cancer is mostly caused by "resonance imaging, endoscopic ultrasonography, [and] bile duct biopsy."
So how does that relate to the water from the oil sands?
"The Alberta Government rubber stamps new Tar Sands operations without thorough environmental assessment."
Which new tar sands operations? Where are you getting this information? Why are you just spewing "facts" without proper backup. Right, because that would require research that may not yield the results that suit you best.
"Millions of migratory birds are expected to die in the next several decades because of Tar Sands operations."
In the past couple of months, how many birds have been killed in the gulf? Approximately 712 birds, 315 turtles, and 37 mammals are killed every day in the gulf. So let's just multiply that by 80. That's 56, 960 birds dead, 25, 200 turtles, and 2, 960 mammals dead in less than three months. That's 85, 120 dead already, never mind fish, plants, and land animals dead from poisoning. You think more fish than birds are dead? You bet. They have to BREATHE this stuff.
By the way, a source for the above information.
So how DARE you compare Alberta's sands to this disaster!
And my favorite:
"Worst of all, the Tar Sands hold 178 billion barrels of oil, second largest reserve in the world. James Hansen, the eminent climatologist from NASA has said they if they are exploited fully, it’s essentially game over for global warming."
Now I really hate to break it to you morons but GLOBAL WARMING HAS BEEN EXPOSED AS A SCANDAL.
You.
Idiots.
Now I really was trying to find some fair facts to support Rethink Alberta and I did find the article on dirty water. Well that's no secret. But where did you get the rest of this crap?
Same place where all literal crap comes from?
Screen shot from official website, click to enlarge:
this attack ad has made me and a lot of other people, some not even from Alberta, very angry. I thank you so much for posting this proof that the Rethink Alberta attack ad is complete and utter BULLSHIT!
ReplyDeleteRethink America,
ReplyDeleteTake the pledge not to visit America until they-
1.take care of their oil spill in the gulf of Mexico,
...2. Fix their health care system that leaves millions of Americans homeless
3. Fixes their attitudes towards other nations in the world
4. clean up their filthy highways and motorways that pollute many states (Ive been to California, it doesn't take a genius to see how much filth there is)
5. Stops making war with numerous nations
You just made war with your allies, I hope that your proud.
Start rethinking your own nation before you find one problem with ours.
It's great that you're carefully examining outrageous statements that are not credibly backed up and posting your findings for people to read. I'm not being sarcastic. It is truly important.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately, when you end with statements such as "Global warming exposed as a scandal", you hurt your own credibility. All science should be questioned, repeatedly. All science should be available for scrutiny. To suggest that, because some number of scientists behaved poorly, all findings which they support are part of a scandalous and nefarious attempt to dupe the whole world is simply not reasonable.
Anyway, thanks for the other stuff.