Our known fossil fuel reserves are soaring. New finds of coal, natural gas, oil, tar sands, and oil shale keep growing, not declining.

已知的矿石燃料储备猛涨；不断有新的煤矿、天然气、石油、焦油砂和油页岩被发现；人口数量也在增长。

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On the one hand, America already imports plenty of oil from the tar sands.

一方面，美国已有大量的焦油砂制油进口额。

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True, alternative sources, like oil from Canada’s tar sands, have continued to grow.

确实，替换能源在不断增长，如加拿大从焦油砂中开采油。

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The proposed Keystone XL pipeline would carry heavier crude oil produced from tar sands in Canada.

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There must be solutions with less severe tradeoffs than shale gas and tar sands oil.

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Scary emissions numbers related to the Canadian Tar Sands oil Keystone XL would carry trumpeted by activist groups like NRDC have little credibility.

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Earlier this year, Dole and Chiquita caught flak from activists after removing posts from their Facebook pages related to their consumption of tar sands oil.

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