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Al Gore

PDJane

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1. He's quite right. Ethical Oil is an Oxymoron.

Reply to limpyhobbler (Original post)

Wed May 8, 2013, 04:32 PM

May 2013

I would point out that First Nations land was denuded and destroyed to get at that oil; an area the size of Florida has been completely denuded, earth, peat and bitumen removed.

Removal of this stuff destroys the water table, too; there's nothing ethical about it.

This is true of fracking and mountaintop removal.

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He's quite right. Ethical Oil is an Oxymoron. PDJane May 2013 #1

Yep. Al Gore seems to be pretty good on this issue. limpyhobbler May 2013 #2