Me Tar-Sand, You Chained

Timothy Birdnow

Our old friend from Ecofascism - William Kay - has a new piece about tar sands oil.

Here is an overview:

> New from http://www.ecofascism.com/
>
> The Tar Sands Campaign and the Suppression of North
> America's Energy Potential
>
> Intro
>
> Environmentalism is attacking Alberta’s oil sands
> industry. Their “Tar Sands” campaign is best understood
> when placed within the grand crusade to suppress North
> America’s energy potential.
>
> Canada and USA have combined oil reserves of several
> trillion barrels. Over 2 trillion barrels are recoverable
> with existing technology at current prices. Combined
> Canadian and American petroleum consumption is 10 billion
> barrels a year. These countries possess centuries of oil
> supply.
>
> The oil sands are not the only oil reserve besieged by
> environmentalists. The kerogen beds of Colorado, the
> conventional oil reservoirs under the Alaska National
> Wildlife Refuge, and the deposits off British Columbia’s
> coast are among the many mammoth reserves kept from
> development by environmentalists.
>
> The “Tar Sands” campaign involves hundreds of
> environmental groups animated with millions of dollars from
> a few dozen foundations, corporations, and government
> agencies. Between 2006 and 2011 these groups planted 4,000
> misinformation-laden anti-oil sands articles into the
> mainstream media.
>
> 10% of the oil imported into North America comes through
> two dynasties, the Irvings and the Pews – both major
> benefactors of environmentalism.
>
> A 2011 US Chamber of Commerce report identified 351
> environmentalist activist campaigns blocking specific
> American energy proposals. The Sierra Club was leading over
> 100 local campaigns against coal-fired electricity. Solar
> power industry front man, David Gelbaum, gave the Sierra
> Club $200 million.
>
> TABLE OF CONTENTS
>
> THE TAR SANDS CAMPAIGN
> General Info
> Three Alberta-based Anti-Oil Sands Activists: Nikiforuk,
> Timoney, and Schindler
> The Tar Sands Campaign
> Aboriginals and Oil Sands
> Tar Sands Propaganda
> Canards Unlimited
>
> THE TAR SANDS CAMPAIGN IN CONTINENTAL CONTEXT
> The East Coast Refinery Lobby
> Other North American Oil Reserves Under Environmentalist
> Attack
> The Frontline of the Second American Civil War: The US
> Energy Permitting Process
> Conclusion
>
> yours truly
>
>
> William Kay