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Originally Posted by EonBlue
Opposition to the pipeline is strictly political. There is no rational or logical reason to oppose it on environmental grounds unless you propose to stop the flow of oil from all sources.
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Stopping the flow of oil from all sources isn't possible or reasonable, and I am not sure that it is anyone's goal.
It is however the goal of a lot of climate activists following Bill McKibben and that kook from NASA JPL, Hensen, to stop or slow the exploitation of the tarsands because it is the dirtiest and least efficient available form of fossil fuels, with massive contamination at the point of extraction in Canada, greater carbon emissions coming from its transport and processing.
They want to preserve life on Earth as we know it by
reducing CO2 and stabilizing it below 350 parts per million. That's why they named their org 350
Here's that Hansen quote that is their rally cry:
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?If humanity wishes to preserve a planet similar to that on which civilization developed and to which life on Earth is adapted, paleoclimate evidence and ongoing climate change suggest that CO2 will need to be reduced from [current levels] to at most 350 ppm.?
-Dr. James Hansen
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