Oilsands 'acceptably clean': U.S. senator

[CHIMO]

Source: CBC News

A U.S. senator is rejecting the 'dirty oil' tag pegged on Alberta's oilsands by some environmentalists, saying that label should instead be applied to some oil sources in the Mideast.

"That's one of the myths being perpetrated,” said South Carolina Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, who along with two other senators, spent Friday visiting some of the oilsands operations in northern Alberta. "It's oil I feel very comfortable Americans consuming."

Graham said the oil is secure and comes from a reliable neighbour, adding that a lot of the money the U.S. gives Canada to buy its oil comes back to America in trade.

"Dirty oil and dangerous oil come from rogue regimes in the Mideast. The oil coming from Alberta in my view is not only acceptably clean, it is safe," Graham told CBC News. "Dirty to me would be oil that you buy from parts of the world where the people that sell it to you hate your guts and part of the money winds up in the hands of terrorists."



Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2010/09/17/senators-oilsands-tour.html

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Friday, September 17, 2010 | 7:52 PM ET


Lindsey Graham is one of three U.S. senators in Alberta who toured the oilsands. (Alex Brandon/Associated Press)

[MJJP21]

1. Idiot

Graham is an idiot and doesn't know what he is talking about. First off it takes huge amounts of water to process this crap and secondly it's suitable for blacktop not your car. Getting this stuff to use is a natural disaster in the making.This is not "sweet crude" nor is it easy oil.

[Devil_Fish]

2. some one should tell him that it dosn't work that way.

All Oil is sold to the world market. All Oil is bought from the world market. it dosn't matter where it comes from.

[wordpix]

3. at least Gomer gets the part about US oil $ funding the terrorists

The rest is BS ---Alberta's natural environment will be wrecked for centuries due to this latest oil rush.

[sulphurdunn]

4. Apparently, the intent here is to frame

tar sands extraction in political terms and not in any terms relative to the natural environment or to pollution of it. This guy is lower than a snake's belly. How in the name of Christ do reptiles like this come to hold the reigns of governance over us?

[cartach]

8. Clean up your own house and reduce oil use

Quit worrying about the direct environmental effects of the oil sands until something is done about reducing the end use of oil and the disregard for global warming in the US. The oil sands operations could be stopped tomorrow and the pace of global warming would continue unabated. Band aid solutions for high profile/visible situations won't cut it. End use of oil has to be reduced. Typical tendency for US to blame other countries while there are worse examples right here e.g., Gulf oil spill,lack of regulations etc.,etc. While you're at it why not invade Canada and put a stop to it. The US is well experienced at that as we all know including being endowed with a huge dose of holier than thou attitude.

[sulphurdunn]

9. We already own Canada.

Yes, part of the answer is to reduce demand. Whether doing that will actually reduce supply or merely increase exploration in order to increase supply, reduce price and rekindle demand is debatable. What is not debatable is that oil companies make money increasing demand, not helping reduce it, and they call the shots in Washington. Washington is the only place with the power to reduce both supply and demand, and they won't be doing it anytime soon. That is indeed political. It does not, however, change the environmental realities of hydrocarbon energy use and it's devastating environmental impacts. So, it becomes necessary to fight on all front simultaneously. That includes tar sands.

[madokie]

5. Crazy rabbit that graham fella

a very troubled person is he.

[leveymg]

6. Lindsey Graham is a tar pit.

Of course he finds them acceptable.

[Canuckistanian]

7. Sure. it's not HIS country being polluted

And spare me the "reliable neighbor" crap. He doesn't give a shit whether it comes from Nigeria or Kazakhstan just as long as there are no repercussions for HIM.

And speaking of SAUDI ARABIA, when is he going to introduce legislation to BAN "dirty oil" from the country that FINANCED 9/11??