In 2006 former Vice President and soon to be Nobel Laureate Al Gore likened our tar sands industry to a narcotic. Last month with the announcement of the Kearl project we just scored another hit.
"The indirect costs of gasoline, including climate change, treatment of respiratory illnesses, and military protection, add up to $12 per gallon. Adding this to the U.S. average of $3 per gallon brings the true market price closer to $15 per gallon."
Lester Brown
Earth Policy Institute
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"[The] obeservations of climate change have taken such an alarming turn in the last few years, and global action remains so inadequate, that maintaining optimism seems more and more like a disconnection from reality."
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