[fvc-wat-disc] A letter for the Planet ... not PR but of equal importance

[Donald Fraser]

In the end with all the negative aspects of Tar Sands oil recovery, it's
probably best to just leave it in the ground BUT...

since the Planet's inhabitants divide Earth into countries, then we have a
problem when one country owns a dirty supply of fossil fuels (FF).

A world government would simply not use this source before we finally got
off carbon. Canada, however, wants its share of the pie as long as we
remain on FF ... what a vicious circle!!!

SO since we little guys can't really stop the operation, we have to settle
for trying to mitigate the worst dangers of recovery such as a spill in BC
coastal waters

I don't have an answer for the over use of surface waters except to keep
production as low as possible ... and that's just what the Kinder Morgan
controversy is all about.

On 15 April 2018 at 20:51, Mary Jackes <mkj at bell.net> wrote:

> This is good -  but  the generation of the steam is a huge problem.  When
> we left Alberta in 2005, the water situation had already become acute.  The
> rivers cannot sustain the enormous use of surface water by the tar sands.
> The rural situation was becoming dire with the dropping of water levels in
> wells because of the use of groundwater.
>
> It can take up to 3 barrels of water to produce one barrel of oil.  Think
> of that in terms of a million barrels of oil produced each and every day.
> (That's not even to touch on the question of the resulting toxic
> wastewater.)
> Mary
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> On 4/15/2018 5:49 PM, Donald Fraser wrote:
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> Dear Editor,
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> In today’s televised speech Trudeau asserted federal authority and
> ‘National Interest’ to proceed with Kinder Morgan expansion. I assert the
> right of Earth's citizens to an unpolluted sea and ‘International
> Interest’. This dirty bitumen sinks. All the king's horses and all the
> king's men can't clean a spill from the bottom of the sea and one will
> happen. Bitumen with its toxic mix of solvent should never cross waterways.
> Refine in Alberta (best) or ship to the Gulf of Mexico via XL. A spill on
> land is not desirable but it can be cleaned up.
>
> Trudeau offers expansion to Tar Sands companies without a corresponding
> requirement of them to lower their carbon footprint.
>
> Why not: "OK we will allow you to increase production but only if you meet
> your share of the Paris Accords. Produce your steam using safe nuclear
> power or find another environmentally friendly way to generate steam. Then
> and only then will you be allowed to expand production."
>
>
>
> Donald A Fraser
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