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kpete

(71,988 posts) Sun Jun 8, 2014, 09:14 AM Jun 2014

Psssst. It's the -Sun- ... "Killing 2 Birds With 1 Stone"

And it's even worse than you think:

Greenpeace wants to know why its billboard on solar energy was rejected in Edmonton while an ad denying that humans have an impact on climate change is up in Calgary.

The group says it had a deal two years ago with billboard company Pattison Outdoor to display an ad in Edmonton, but it was cancelled without explanation.

The ad said: "When there is a huge solar energy spill, it's just called a nice day. Green jobs, not more oil spills.''

Pattison wouldn't say at the time why it backed away, but Greenpeace suggested the company didn't want to offend oil industry advertisers.

http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/national/Greenpeace+claims+double+standard+when+comes+billboards/9915803/story.html

Wow. That's just awesome in its bold malevolence. Not only are they saying that fossil fuels don't cause climate change --- they're killing two birds with one stone by blaming it on solar energy, the oil industry's competition.

Yeah, we're fucked.

http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2014/06/here-comes-sun-and-its-trying-to-kill.html

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Psssst. It's the -Sun- ... "Killing 2 Birds With 1 Stone" (Original Post) kpete Jun 2014 OP

There's the solution - blow up the sun - problem solved... lame54 Jun 2014 #1

It's Edmonton,their hockey team sufrommich Jun 2014 #2

Yep. Alberta is home of the tar sands. GoCubsGo Jun 2014 #5

Don't worry. In 20 years, instead of ice ponds, they can skate on solidified tar sands. nt TheBlackAdder Jun 2014 #3

OMFG PowerToThePeople Jun 2014 #4

Because Alberta's economy depends on tar sands oil, obviously Spider Jerusalem Jun 2014 #6

Who is blaming what on solar energy? JayhawkSD Jun 2014 #7

lame54

(35,287 posts)

1. There's the solution - blow up the sun - problem solved...

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Sun Jun 8, 2014, 09:19 AM

Jun 2014

Time to invest in sun exploding rockets

sufrommich

(22,871 posts)

2. It's Edmonton,their hockey team

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Sun Jun 8, 2014, 09:20 AM

Jun 2014

is called The Edmonton Oilers. What's good for big oil is good for Edmonton. This doesn't surprise me at all.

GoCubsGo

(32,081 posts)

5. Yep. Alberta is home of the tar sands.

Reply to sufrommich (Reply #2)

Sun Jun 8, 2014, 09:34 AM

Jun 2014

This doesn't surprise me any more than Booby Jindal signing legislation in Lousyana preventing people from suing oil companies.

TheBlackAdder

(28,189 posts)

3. Don't worry. In 20 years, instead of ice ponds, they can skate on solidified tar sands. nt

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Sun Jun 8, 2014, 09:27 AM

Jun 2014

PowerToThePeople

(9,610 posts)

4. OMFG

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Sun Jun 8, 2014, 09:34 AM

Jun 2014

Spider Jerusalem

(21,786 posts)

6. Because Alberta's economy depends on tar sands oil, obviously

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Sun Jun 8, 2014, 09:36 AM

Jun 2014

even calling them "tar sands" instead of "oil sands" is viewed as dangerously unpatriotic by some people in Canada, apparently.

JayhawkSD

(3,163 posts)

7. Who is blaming what on solar energy?

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Sun Jun 8, 2014, 09:55 AM

Jun 2014

"Wow. That's just awesome in its bold malevolence. Not only are they saying that fossil fuels don't cause climate change --- they're killing two birds with one stone by blaming it on solar energy, the oil industry's competition."

The oil-industry backers say, "It's the sun that causes global warming Not CO2. Not you." That's not blaming anybody, it's making a nonsensical claim that global warming is a natural phenomenom.

It was who Greenpeace had the sign about "When there is a huge solar energy spill, it's just called a nice day." We have "huge solar energy spills" in San Diego all the time, which is why people come to hang out on our beaches. Solar energy is also known as sunshine and it spills on our beaches most days of the year.

Greenpeace was making the implied point of, "as opposed to when there's a huge oil spill" which may be a bit too subtle for some folks when it isn't spelled out in print.

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