Oil in Eden: The Battle to Protect One of the Last Great Wild Places on the Planet -Canada's Pacific Coast

Demand clean energy policies from our government! Yep, you got me. You are doing the most important thing; making important environmental news more visible. The first step is knowing, ........... or maybe the first step is wanting to know.

Don't use oil.

Or modern human stupidity is destroying Earth.
Indigenous Peoples are still intelligent.

I absolutely agree with that.

They already are---ever heard of Exxon Valdez? More pipelines just means it will happen again just that much sooner. No question of if, only when.

I just heard today that gas prices may be on the rise again; shooting up to over 4 dollars a gallon. Best way I know to fuck over the poor.

Thats the spirit!!!!!! Give up before the fight even starts. Just like Obama and single payer health care.

I'm sorry that I came across that way. I really do want to stop it, I just don't have a lot of hope.

No worries! I feel that way most of the time and I have to remind myself to just keep trying to gently raise awareness. Actual protest of this pipeline may be dangerous due to the conservative pro-corporate agenda being played out in North America. Good way to be put on a list.

Actually, there is reason to be hopeful. There are two major lawsuits against the Canadian government for the land rights of Aboriginal people, because the proposed line passes through the supposedly protected land of about 70 Aboriginal groups (don't quote me on the number, it's a vague guess, but there are definitely a lot of groups involved). If they are successful, it'd prevent the line from going through.

I'll look up the lawsuits and add the info.

Then take away the money.

Then buy a vehicle that you can drive that does not use oil---we have them and they are on the road now and have been for years.

A flex fuel vehicle costs the same as a conventional petroleum only vehicle---and use E85 whenever you can. When you can not use E85---you can always use gasoline. When more and more people use E85, we'll use less and less petroleum.

Buy a diesel vehicle and use biodiesel. It gets better mileage by far than gasoline(about the same as a hybrid). And it can use biodiesel with no modification in any mixture up to B100(100% bio). And a diesel costs about the same or less and will last a LOT longer than a hybrid.

Or, get a vehicle that runs on compressed natural gas. VW makes several models including the EcoFuel that is a very powerful and sporty model. VWs are bi-fuel engines that can use either gasoline or compressed natural gas whichever is available at the flip of a switch. It costs about 1/2 to drive the same distance using CNG compared to what it does using gasoline. And if all vehicles on the road used natural gas instead of gasoline, driving exactly the same as we do now----the CO2 produced would be the equivalent of taking every third vehicle off the road.

Make it known to lawmakers at every level of government that every vehicle sold needs to be multifuel capable. And don't quit telling them until they do it.

-------" I have to remind myself to just keep trying to gently raise awareness"-------------

Why be gentle? Are Glenn Beck, Rupert Murdock, Bill O'Reilly and the rest of the corporate stooges being gentle?

I say, hit 'em where it hurts 'em the most, right in the wallet.

Let them end up in the poor house investing in petroleum stocks. I think it would be a good place for them.

What about the tires? Want to talk about waste, 4 per a car times maybe three or four new sets over the life of the car.

Hit them in the wallet you say. Why be gentle? So people take time to listen instead of just tuning us out. I am already living well under the poverty line. If the economy tightens any more, I will be giving up the internet. By the way, in Oregon the bastards have increased the price of diesel. It has been running .50 cents higher then gas per gallon. It was up to 5.25 when unleaded hit 4 dollars.

The Northerners are very hospitable. I loved my time in Alaska.

Depends on who you ask. We surely do not need to be using the amount that we are currently consuming. Furthermore, Oil can be extracted with much less environmental impact, but it would not be AS profitable. If capitalism was not so destructive, it would solidly invest its profits for a clean energy future. We must band together for a future not driven by blind consumption; creating poisoned peoples.

The pipeline can and should be stopped. Sadly most of the worlds public is unaware of the amount of pollution caused by extracting oil from Canadian tar sands. Thanks for taking the time to watch and comment. As The Real News would say," The future depends on knowing"

I think the worst thing is that the Canadian government is actively lobbying against legislation that'd threaten oil consumption from our tar sands in other countries. Not only is our government failing miserably at any form of environmental policies or awareness in our own country, but they're also screwing things up in other countries. Oh Canada.

Then take the money OUT of it.

Then lobby your lawmakers for better laws. You can be a lobbyist too.