Take a COOL Guess – the Fun Quiz on Clean Energy.  Today’s Topic: Processing Tar Sands Crude

Question:  Is the practice of turning crude from tar sands into gasoline more environmentally destructive than the processing of conventional crude?  If so, how many times more damaging is it?

Answer: Can be found at Clean Energy Answers.

Relevance:  According to the Natural Resources Defense Council: “The Keystone XL tar sands pipeline was only the beginning. Big Oil has a much bigger plan to triple the production of climate-wrecking tar sands oil in Canada and send as much as 6 million barrels a day gushing into America.”  They suggest that we take action to stop “Big Oil’s full-blown tar sands assault and protect our natural heritage, our communities and our climate from the dangers of filthy tar sands oil.”