The Tar Sands are one of the most hideous projects on the planet. They are located in Northern Alberta Canada, will displace an area the size of Florida and will single-handily ensure Canada won't meet its Kyoto commitments.

If that doesn't disturb you yet:
Already two tailings ponds in the tar sands are sooo big you can see them from space.
It takes 4 barrels of fresh water to get one barrel of oil.
The oil in most of the tar sands needs to be super heated in order for it to be extracted. This means either pumping oil or gas in the ground to get oil and gas or building a bunch of nuclear power plants to do it.
Most of the oil is going to feed US oil addiction (read less)

The Tar Sands are one of the most hideous projects on the planet. They are located in Northern Alberta Canada, will displace an area the size of Florida and will single-handily ensure Canada won't meet its Kyoto commitments.

If that doesn't disturb you yet:
Already two tailings ponds in the tar sands are sooo big you can see them from space.
It takes 4 barrels of fresh water to get one barrel of oil.
The oil in most of the tar sands needs to be super heated in order for it to be extracted.... (read more)