Hansen on fossil fuels

On tar sands, oil shale, the like, and global warming:

"If we use unconventional fossil fuels then there's no hope."

On the Bush-McCain plan for offshore oil drilling:

"It's just a crazy thing to do."

-- Dr. James Hansen, speaking at a National Press Club luncheon, which honored him and commemorated the 20th anniversary of the landmark 1988 Senate hearing on global warming.

On tar sands, oil shale, the like, and global warming:

“If we use unconventional fossil fuels then there’s no hope.”

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On the Bush-McCain plan for offshore oil drilling:

“It’s just a crazy thing to do.”

— Dr. James Hansen, speaking at a National Press Club luncheon, which honored him and commemorated the 20th anniversary of the landmark 1988 Senate hearing on global warming.

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