ethics : THE ENVIROMENTAL COSTS OF ALBERTA'S OIL [+] ballot by ABC created Fri Jun 24, 05 Alberta has a proven reserve of 175 billion barrols of oil, the 2nd largest researve in the world after Saudi Arabia. This oil is in the form of tar sands, the 3 oil fields are about the size of Florida. These oil sands are the world's most expensive, most polluting source of oil under large-scale production. Wringing four barrels of crude oil from the sands requires burning the equivalent of a fifth barrel. The mines and refineries release huge amounts of greenhouse gases -- the equivalent each day to more than a third of California's daily car emissions. Yet Alberta's oil sands are destined to be the main supply of foreign oil to the United States for at least the next century. Billions of $ in investment in this province has made it very wealthy. Is short term money worth the huge enviromental cost? Yes No Ballot #75983 : SEE RESULTS Comment: show your vote with comment?

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