The Alberta Tar Sands: Will the current influx of R&D lead to social acceptance?

[harpslay]

The challenges facing Canada’s energy industry — to turn one of the most energy-and emissions-intensive resource extraction processes in the world into something more environmentally sustainable — dwarf the innovation hurdles facing other industries. To overcome them, an interconnected army of innovators is key.

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[leveymg]

1. Sure, just throw enough money at corporate media and officials. Fill those pockets.

Write it off as R&D, if you like.

[harpslay]

2. Do you really think that its

throwing money at Corporate media ? Realistically an R and D budget is used to make things more efficient thus cutting costs. If your industry is getting hammered by environmentalists wouldn't it stand to reason that if you could make the process more efficient it would benefit your public image? is that necessarily a bad thing?

[leveymg]

3. "Clean Tar Sands" image spiff-up. Right up there with "Clean Coal" and "BP Cares."

Ah, progress!

[limpyhobbler]

4. The only thing that can clean up the tarsands bad image

is a massive propaganda campaign. And it's off to a great start.

[CRH]

5. R&D to social acceptance, doubtful ...

but PR and media distortion is possible.

Look how fracking has become an acceptable energy policy for the socially uninformed. Look at the social acceptance for the use of fossil fuels, in the face of the CO2 crisis melting the arctic and changing the climate. Social acceptance is a product of brain dead opinion. Use PR and advertising, its cheaper.

[AverageJoe90]

6. So true. nt

[Nihil]

7. "R&D" here means Republicans & Dollars ...

... so the correct response is "No ... Hell No!"

Fuck anyone who supports, covers for or profits from tar sand extraction.