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Skidmore

(37,364 posts) Sun Mar 18, 2012, 09:34 AM Mar 2012

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Tar sands....needs no words. [View all] Skidmore Mar 2012 OP

Cute. Egalitariat Mar 2012 #1

How so? Skidmore Mar 2012 #2

I've seen other photos and film footage of the tar sands and even Cleita Mar 2012 #22

Indeed, but the propaganda is using false arguments. MineralMan Mar 2012 #28

The pic is not an exaggeration Canuckistanian Mar 2012 #32

I'd say it was a BIT disingenuous. A tiny bit. laundry_queen Mar 2012 #33

I agree absolutely Canuckistanian Mar 2012 #36

this is what i call evil. n/t laruemtt Mar 2012 #3

yes....it's like the ugliest scenes BlancheSplanchnik Mar 2012 #4

That would be a lot more effective if MineralMan Mar 2012 #5

Yes, something that is like this edited photo Ezlivin Mar 2012 #12

Ah, Photoshop. MineralMan Mar 2012 #17

Uh, Pixelmator Ezlivin Mar 2012 #20

I live in Alberta laundry_queen Mar 2012 #35

It's actually counterproductive if not the same place, imo. n/t gulliver Mar 2012 #27

Exactly my point. MineralMan Mar 2012 #29

Those are not the same place,so why post them. Swede Mar 2012 #6

Actually, the truth is a little uglier than that. Zalatix Mar 2012 #11

Tar sand areas of extraction are ugly Sheepshank Mar 2012 #7

link to the story warrior1 Mar 2012 #8

Yes. Excellent article. The image in the OP did not come from it. MineralMan Mar 2012 #30

And not just big carbon. raouldukelives Mar 2012 #23

Tar Sands, Oil Shale, Frakking: Why they say Peak Oil is a Myth.... NYC_SKP Mar 2012 #10

You, my friend, are informed Ezlivin Mar 2012 #21

They used to be such a NICE country! excuse not to write Mar 2012 #14

The right wing happened... JohnnyChill Mar 2012 #19

We have three more years of hell to go... JohnnyChill Mar 2012 #26

More than 2/3rds of Canadians are what laundry_queen Mar 2012 #34

You'll come back excuse not to write Mar 2012 #25

Actually we are apoplectic arikara Mar 2012 #31