Say It Ain't So Already

No to Tar Sands!

December 28, 2011 at 5:24 PM Leave a comment

Given how ingenious and creative we humans can be, do you mean to tell me we have to tear up the planet like this because we can’t wean ourselves off of oil?  The answer is apparently yes, because the damn oil and gas lobby owns the place.

Look at this beautiful forest, then and now:

Here’s what happens when you turn a carbon sink like the Boreal Forest into a carbon-spewing pit of tar sands.

(Via.)

Entry filed under: Corporatocracy, Energy. Tags: boreal forest, oil and gas, tar sands.