Would you like to learn the unvarnished story about oil sands, an often highly-touted source of fuel? The March issue of National Geographic has a detailed article on oil sands, focusing on a production facility in Alberta Canada: "Scraping Bottom." It's an already profitable environment-unfriendly carbon-irresponsible way to feed America's often-wasteful craving for fuel. [Photo: Wikimedia Commons]
Climate scientist James Hansen has recently argued that "fossil fuel "CEO's should be tried for high crimes against humanity and nature". Why? Because they know exactly what they are doing. They are profit-fueled deniers, just like those big corporations who still push cigarettes while denying the well-known strong link between…
How can your average item of food travel 1,500 miles to your plate? Cheap oil, that's how. But be careful how you count the carbon generated by the delivery of your food. The amount of "oil in our food" suggests that we will be eating a lot more local food,…
