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15 Cards in this Set
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HDI |
Highly developed 10th in world |
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Supplier Of Oil |
Number 1 supplier of oil for USA |
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Size of Florida
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Sacrificing land area that large for US oil security for the next 10 years |
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High Demand For Oil (Increasing) |
Adding 700 million people a year to the earth USA own 30% of the world's automobiles USA gasoline consumption is more than the next 20 countries combined |
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Tar Sands |
Carbon intensive source of energy Fort Chipewyan, world's largest remaining oil reserve |
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Average Load Of Oil |
200 gallons of oil $30,000 |
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$120 billion |
Invested into tar sands over 12 years
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Fort McKay |
Untouched area Impacts on indigenous people/aboriginals |
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Caribou Herds |
Declined by 50% due to the oil industry (Link to the TAPS?) |
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Earth Destroying Project |
Threatens the 3rd largest watershed |
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1979 |
1 million acres cleared for tar sands development |
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Particulate Matter |
Increased between 1999 and 2006 by 780% |
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Global Impact Of Global Warming |
Permafrost beginning to melt If Greenland icelayer metls, there will be a 26 foot increase in sea level 600 million people displaced if sea level rises |
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Tailing Ponds |
Infecting Athabasca River April 2008, 1600 migrating ducks killed by landing in one Leak at a rate of 5.7 million litres per day, contamination to ground water |
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Health Crisis in Fort Chipewyan |
80% of community feed themselves off the land Arsenic poisoning, leading to cancer |
