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174 comments on Tar Sands: The Oil Junkie's Last Fix, Part 1
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"Well, I personally find it horrible that we're considering strip mining an area that size."
Yeah? Funny know no seems to have a problem with mountaintop removal blasting in the hills of the U.S. Appalachian Mountains in one of the most ecologically diverse areas in the world, not even even that great greenie Al Gore, who lives within less than a day's driving distance. Instead, effort is expended at fighting windpower and laughing at solar development.
Our bizarre fuzzy logic is sickening.
RC
The explosives used for "mountaintop removal" in West Virginia are equivalent to 270 Hiroshima bombs, every year.