U.S. mayors call for boycott of Alberta oilsands - we don't want your dirty oil!

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At their annual meeting in Florida, the American mayors passed a resolution that urges major American cities to ban the use of fuel from the oilsands in municipal vehicles.

The mayors claim that producing oil from the oilsands emits three times as much carbon dioxide into the environment as conventional oil production.

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Alberta Finance Minister Iris Evans was angered by the news of the resolution, and said it is the result of a lack of understanding of how Alberta produces oil.

"It offends me deeply to hear people say dirty oil," Evans said.

However, Pierre Alvarez of the Canadian Association of Oil Producers, said such a resolution would be almost impossible to enforce because a litre of fuel cannot be traced back to the oil from which it was produced.

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/stor..._boycott_080624

[Emancipation 2]

Blame Canada!!!

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Blame Canada!!!

It's all that hockey hullaballoo!

Back on topic, I'd rather send our money to Canada instead of Saudi Arabia.

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But what about the issue of Albertan oilsands being more of a pollutant?

Think of the chil'run!

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My lungs are just fine thank you very much.

Our extraction methods may be damaging on the environment, at least it doesn't put clay in the tank like AK oil.

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I want they're oil!!

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Our extraction methods may be damaging on the environment, at least it doesn't put clay in the tank like AK oil.

So you admit it.