Ethical Oil: The Case for Canada's Oil Sands

by Ezra Levant

Canada's "no. 1 defender of freedom of speech" and the bestselling author of Shakedown makes the timely and provocative case that when it comes to oil, ethics matter just as much as the economy and the environment.In 2009, Ezra Levant's bestselling book Shakedown revealed the corruption of Canada's human rights commissions and was declared the "most important public affairs book of the year." In Ethical Oil, Levant turns his attention to another hot-button the ethical cost of our addiction to oil. While many North Americans may be aware of the financial and environmental price we pay for a gallon of gas or a barrel of oil, Levant argues that it is time we consider ethical factors as well. With his trademark candor, Levant asks hard-hitting With the oil sands at our disposal, is it ethically responsible to import our oil from the Sudan, Russia, and Mexico? How should we weigh carbon emissions with human rights violations in Saudi Arabia? And assuming that we can't live without oil, can the development of energy be made more environmentally sustainable? In Ethical Oil, Levant exposes the hypocrisy of the West's dealings with the reprehensible regimes from which we purchase the oil that sustains our lifestyles, and offers solutions to this dilemma. Readers at all points on the political spectrum will want to read this timely and provocative new book, which is sure to spark debate.

Genres: Nonfiction, Politics, Canada, Business, Environment, Economics

274 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2010

Reviews

[Adam Snider · Rating 3 out of 5]

While I found the overall argument of the book---the oil from Alberta's oil sands is the most ethical in the world---to be fairly convincing, I found a lot of Levant's rhetorical tactics to be frustrating and over-the-top. He often employs the same techniques that he accuses oil sands critics of using, albeit for the opposite purpose, and his constant implication that human-caused global warming is probably not real gets tiring after the first couple of times he makes it.

Despite these flaws, it's a good book that provides a perspective that is rarely presented in the debate around the oil sands. Even if you don't agree with a word of it, it'll give you something to think about.

[William Hill · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book was good for a laugh. I wouldn't recommend it to anybody without a sense of humor. The author seems to forget what he wrote on the last page, as it was filled with contradictions or more likely (given the Author)outright hypocrisies. Some of the facts were interesting and well presented in order to further the authors agenda. However with further research and proper context the majority of what is written was either misleading inaccurate or outright lies. No Surprises from Ezra.

[Lino Matteo · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ethical Oil: The Case for Canada's Oil Sands

Ezra Levant
2010
This book has an agenda and a viewpoint – but recognizing that does not make the position wrong and in fact it recognizes what we have felt for a long time – Canadian oil is #EthicalOil and much of the world deals in #BloodOil
Read on and do not be afraid to disagree – with the book or various advocates, after all it is the Canadian way

Notes:
Page 3 : Every single fact in the preceding pages is false. Every one of them.
4: …the first oil sands mine reclamation projects have already been certified
6: EN: If oil sands were shut down, do you think importers would care? They would buy from places like
• Saudi Arabia
• Iran
• Sudan
• Nigeria
• And let’s not forget Russia
Canada’s oil sands exports to USA have displaced 80 million barrels of Saudi oil annually.
13: The less oil that comes from Alberta, the better it is for every other exporter in the world, including Iran and Sudan. (EN: Let’s not forget Russia…)
14: …oil (exportable) comes from the world’s worst places, and there’s no reason for that to change.
EN: In 2017, U.S. net imports (imports minus exports) of petroleum from foreign countries were equal to about 19% of U.S. petroleum consumption. This was the lowest percentage since 1967.
18: EN: Are groups that protest Canadian oil funded by the likes of Saudi Arabia where women, foreign workers and the masses have little to no rights?
.19: EN: or check out how you would fair in Iran… or Russia?
22: Reporters Without Borders report 21 journalists killed in Russia between 2000 and 2007
25: Nigeria has it all: the corrupt government that butchers its own people, the environmental degradations, and world-class poverty.
26: …Venezuela might actually emit more greenhouse emissions than what’s produced in Canada’s oil sands, though the lack of proper data from Venezuela make it impossible to verify….outlawed complaining…
28: Sudan…headlines about all the bloodshed in the Dafur region? Headlines have stopped, but the killing hasn’t…crimes like women wearing pants
EN: In fact, for the past decade, Canada has opened its doors to about 250,000 immigrants and refugees a year. (Only nine per cent of those surveyed suggested a number remotely close to that.)Aug 27, 2014
EN: Oil and drugs have created some of the most brutal regimes in the world.
Chapter 3: Then What? The sad case of Talisman in Sudan
46: Sudan lost a liberalizing force when Talisman left; and so would Burma if Total left.
The lobbyists at ForestEthics would probably find a new way to keep the donations coming in (if oil sands shut down). But the rest of us would live in a poorer world – poorer economically and poorer morally.
Chapter 4: If America doesn’t buy oil sands, who will?
Chapter 5: A moral checklist for oil companies
53: Measuring the ethics of industry has become an industry itself
• Depending on what you measure you can get greatly different results
• Depending on the language
• Depending on the disclosure requirements
• Depending on content on the internet – content management techniques can create self promotion opportunities
• Depending on the availability of reporters to report the news – including accidents
69: Canadian group Kairos…has taken on the task of judging the oil sand using more traditional Western values…shoot at oil sands first, ask questions later.
EN: Instead of attacking Kairos why does the other not explain that many of the goal of Kairos are achieved by the Oil sand funding of government programs via royalties and taxes – both corporate and personal level – and the governments should be held accountable for their spending priorities, not the oil industry.
Chapter 6: Say one thing, do another: Ethical funds and the oil sands
• Attacks the ethics and methods of ethical funds
• Quote from Buffet regarding fund managers: One thing I can almost guarantee you is that the promotional types are unlikely to meet any long-term test of ability and sometimes integrity.
Chapter 7: The most scrutinized industry on earth: environmental protection and the oil sands
107: Bitumen…naturally seeps into the water….how it was first ‘discovered’ by European explores hundreds of years ago.
110: EN: some of the commentary, here and prior, appear to be dated….the points are made but it is argumentative instead of professorial
Chapter 8: Greenpeace’s best fundraiser ever
140: The oil sands are not perfect and criticizing them is fair game.
• But it is not ‘blood oil’
144: Patrick Moore one of the founders of Greenpeace
145: But after fifteen years, Moore quit the group he loved so dearly. “None of my fellow directors had any formal science education…they were either political activists or environmental entrepreneurs….”
• Author argues that Greenpeace are hypocrites re and in China
164: If we can’t trust the biggest environmental groups out there to take them(selves) seriously enough to operate ethically, then we certainly shouldn’t be taking any guidance from them on how to measure ethics in the oil sands.
Chapter 9: The Cancer Scare that Wasn’t
167:…with that racial difference comes not only cultural differences but different health issues too….
168: But then, the documentaries had already been made, so no use in correcting things.
Chapter 10: Propaganda Wars
179: Andrew Nikiforuk…has created a cottage industry out of reporting on the oil sands..
181: “individuals who hold a point of view and write about are called journalists, authors or concerned citizens
• http://andrewnikiforuk.com/
• Travel paid by Greenpeace – but his bias is evident and do not think it was caused because of this payment by Greenpeace

188:…Nikiforuk knows that Alberta is nothing like Saudi Arabia….will get around to criticizing Saudi Arabia one day
Chapter 11: Saudi Arabia’s war against the oil sands
EN: Hey you have to watch out for you competitors in the zero sum game of global oil!
192: The Saudis…know how to play the game, and they spend the money to do it….
204: Canada trying to win a PR ware against the Saudis? It’s like a Boy Scout trying to win a fight against a biker gang
EN: It can be done if
1. Know your audience
2. Use girl guide cookie tactics
3. Have transparency on the good that oil revenues do

Green jobs: The Enron of environmentalism
• Careful what you wish for as you may be paying for it (in higher energy costs and higher taxes) for a long, long time

Conclusion:
226: Literally 53% of the world’s accessible oil is now thought to be in Alberta…
230:…if anything the moral character of the OPEC nations has gotten worse.
232: …places like Nigeria and Iraq, emit even more CO2 than the oil sands do today.
233:…Canada does it best. We’re an energy superpower. And we’re an ethical superpower too….setting international standards for how to treat the environment and how we treat each other.
EN: With lots of room for improvement!
234: Canadian oil sands oil is the most ethical oil in the world, and the people who invest, there, work there, and support the oil sands with their patronage and their encouragement should be proud.
EN: Canadian oil sands oil is amongst the most ethical oil in the world, and the people who invest, there, work there, and support the oil sands with their patronage and their encouragement should be pleased for their foresight.



Biggest oil producers and exporters
Exports
Rank Country OPEC Oil Production crude oil 2017:
Million Barrels/day Billions $ Ranking
1 USA 13.057 21.8 13
2 Saudi Arabia (OPEC) Y 11.951 133.6 1
3 Russia 11.257 93.3 2
4 Iran Y 4.982 40.1 6
5 Canada 4.831 54.0 4
6 Iraq Y 4.520 61.5 3
7 United Arab Emirates Y 3.935 49.3 5
8 China 3.846
9 Kuwait Y 3.025 38.2 7
10 Brazil 2.734
11 Mexico 2.224 19.9 14
12 Venezuela 2.110 23.1 12
13 Nigeria Y 1.988 33.0 8
14 Norway 1.969 25.9 11
15 Qatar 1.916
16 Kazakhstan 1.835 26.6 10
17 Angola Y 1.674 30.5 9
18 Algeria Y 1.540
19 UK 0.999 19.0 15
20 Oman 0.971
21 Indonesia 0.949
22 India 0.865
Libya Y 0.865
24 Colombia 0.851
25 Azerbaijan 0.795
26 Malaysia 0.697
27 Ecuador Y 0.548
28 Argentina 0.511
29 Romania 0.504
30 Egypt 0.494
79.6% by value
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[Eric Wright · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ezra Levant, Ethical Oil. The Case for Canada’s Oil Sands. Full of tightly knit arguments and uncontroversial facts, Levant slays the paper tiger thrown up by the anti-oil sands movement. By the end of the book that tiger lies bloodless and crushed.

Some of his points:
 With the oil sands at our disposal is it ethically responsible to import oil from the host of countries run by brutal dicatorships who crush freedom—Sudan, Nigeria, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Libya, Malaysia, Indonesia, etc. While the companies exploiting the Alberta oil sands are subject to the scrutiny of a free public and because of that committed to an acceleration of technological innovations designed to reduce environmental harm.
 Western companies operating in Canada and the US contribute an enormous amount to the government through taxes, and to the private sector through salaries and purchases. Stop the oil sands and immediately throw thousands out of work; many from provinces where unemployment is high. In the other countries, little profit trickles down to private individuals.
 The environmental charges against oil sands companies shrink in the light of the pollution being caused in Mexico and Nigeria by flaring natural gas, in China through coal. Fires deep in coal mines in China contribute an enormous amount to global warming. Cars contribute more…etc., etc. Why doesn’t Greenpeace and their ilk target Saudi Arabia, China, etc.? Because they can’t Western countries are soft countries. They hounded Talisman out of Sudan, despite their outstanding contributions to schools, etc. leaving Sudan open to more rapacious exploiters.
 Companies involved in ethical investing who pretend to challenge the Oil Sands, actually are hypocritically deeply invested in all the companies and in coal, etc.
 Detractors use flawed measuring instruments and wildly idealistic views in evaluating the Oil Sands. “The real test of ethical oil is not in comparing oil sands oil to some imposible, ideal standard but comparing it to its real competition. Actually (p. 109) “the oil sands are more environmentally progressive and emit less waste than all sorts of other common industries in Canada and around the world. In just nineteen years, from 1990 to 2009, the intensity of greenhouse gases (GHGs0 from the oi sands has plummeted by 38 per cent.”

An impressive and well-nigh irrefutable argument.

[Stefanie Lozinski · Rating 3 out of 5]

Enjoyed this. 3.5 stars, I definitely learned a lot. Especially helpful was the expose on some of the environmentalist organizations opposing Alberta’s oil sands and the facts about how the oil industry really impacts Canada’s economy for the better (including Aboriginal communities). I appreciate that he asked the “as opposed to what” question rather than comparing the oil sands to a utopian fuel option that doesn’t exist! My enjoyment was somewhat lessened by the style of Levant’s writing in some places (perhaps just a personal preference on my end) and most of all by the deification of so-called Enlightenment values (false ideas of religious liberty, etc) which clash with my Catholic faith. That all said, it’s worth the read and I’m certainly glad I picked it up.

[Dan Glover · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm finished now and will write a review in the next couple of days. For now I'll just say that if you can read this book and still think the oil sands are an unethical source of dirty oil that should be boycotted (when compared with its competition, such nice places as Iran, Sudan, Venezuela, Russia, Saudi Arabia, etc.), you probably also think that Greenpeace activists float 2 inches above the ground from protest to protest powered by pixy dust. Rant on, Ezra. It's good to see that there are still people who have not drank the fair-trade, 100% organic, recycled, socialist cool-aid.

[Rebecca · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not a fan of Mr. Levant or his political views, but I read the book to try and gain another perspective. If nothing else, the book has given me the opportunity to question what I already know about about Canadian oil practices, and those of other oil producing countries. I wouldn't recommend the book, unless you feel the need to be screamed at from the pages about how stupid we are for thinking that there might be something wrong with tearing up Alberta as quickly as possible without thinking about the consequences.

[Jonah Ardiel · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ezra Levant made me re-think my position on Alberta's oil sands. He offers valuable insight that's primarily overlooked in contemporary Western society. I'd recommend this book. From someone who had little knowledge about the oil industry and preconceived judgments about the harm they can create, I was delighted to gain information I otherwise wouldn't have and learn a new perspective.

[Hollywood · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another great book by Ezra Levant. He has well thought out COMMON SENSE points that the average person should listen to.

"That is what Ethical Oil is about; trying to separate the propaganda coming from anti-oil sands groups like Greenpeace from the facts, and using those facts to decide which oil is more environmentally clean, more peaceful, more democratic, and more fair. That is the true test of moral oil."

"Out of the top ten countries with the largest reserves, Canada is the only liberal democracy, other than the fledging democracy of Iraq."

"If the anti-oil sands lobby had their way, the oil sands production was slowed or even stopped, then what? The world's oil-thirsty countries would simply replace their ethical oil from Alberta with unethical oil from nasty places like Saudi Arabia and Iran. The world would not be a better place - in fact, it would be worse."

"China is not investing in the oil sands as a military trick; they are looking to put their enormous currency reserves into something other than US treasury bills, and oil sands projects are a good bet - a strategic asset that will surely throw off cash flow for decades to come."

"But with mighty profits come mighty taxes, and in 2008 Exxon paid some $36.5 billion in income tax, plus $34.5 billion in sales based taxes, plus $41.7 billion in other taxes and duties. In other words, that one company paid more income tax than the bottom 50% of all US taxpayers combined."

"Canada's oil sands are Canada's largest single employer of "Indigenous people", and that women have an extraordinary high participation rate in oil sands work."

"In other words, every barrel of oil extracted in 2009 took between one third and one half less GHGs to produce than a barrel extracted in 1990 - and the emissions continue to fall each year."

"Each year Canadians emit about 600 million tones, or roughly 2% of the world's human emissions. And the oil sands? They account for approximately 5% of Canada's total human emissions - which work out to 0.1% of the world's human caused emissions. Not bad for the world's biggest source of oil."

"Instead oil ands producers capture the natural gas they extract with their bitumen and use it for CO-GENERATION - meaning they use it to produce steam they pump back into the ground to soften up more bitumen for extraction. When producers find themselves with more gas than they can use for processing, they use it to generate electricity that they then upload to the provincial power grid."

"Of course some companies make it their business to kill birds; Colonel Sanders and Tyson Foods became famous American business legends for dispatching millions of them every year. The difference seems to boil down to which kinds of birds you kill and whether it was by accident or on purpose Paradoxically, accidents are punished, while deliberate bird killing is not."

"According to American Bird Conservancy, wind turbines across the United States butcher between 75,000 and 275,000 birds every year."

"Greenpeace wasn't looking for truth. It was looking for "alarmism" and Armageddonist" language."

"When you are battling for hearts and minds, propaganda is the most powerful weapon. Some thing in the political revolt against the world's oil-based economy."

"But while Greenpeace and its copycats are increasingly sophisticated in their propaganda tactics, the media-consuming public has, given Greenpeace's increasingly radicalized behavior in recent years, become understandably skeptical, and even cynical, of their message."

"The net effect of Spain's green policy, the authors found, was that is actually destroyed jobs. Lots of them. They report found a surprisingly low number of green jobs created in Spain overall - about fifty thousand - and most of them were only short-term work, such as building and installing facilities."

[Robert Cruise · Rating 1 out of 5]

"Ethical Oil" by Ezra Levant is a polarizing and deeply flawed piece of propaganda masquerading as a serious examination of energy ethics. Levant's book is a thinly veiled attempt to whitewash the environmental and human rights abuses associated with the oil sands industry in Canada, while simultaneously demonizing alternative energy sources and those who advocate for them.

From the outset, it is clear that "Ethical Oil" is more concerned with advancing a particular agenda than presenting a balanced and nuanced analysis of the issues at hand. Levant employs a range of manipulative tactics, including cherry-picking data, misrepresenting opposing viewpoints, and resorting to ad hominem attacks on environmental activists and Indigenous communities.

One of the most egregious aspects of "Ethical Oil" is its blatant disregard for scientific evidence and expert consensus on climate change. Levant downplays the devastating impact of fossil fuel extraction and combustion on the environment, choosing instead to propagate misinformation and denialism in service of his pro-oil agenda.

Moreover, the book's treatment of Indigenous rights and sovereignty is deeply troubling. Levant portrays Indigenous communities as obstacles to progress, dismissing their legitimate concerns about land rights, water pollution, and cultural heritage as inconsequential. By erasing Indigenous voices and experiences, "Ethical Oil" perpetuates centuries of colonial oppression and marginalization.

Furthermore, Levant's characterization of Canada's oil sands as a paragon of ethical production is laughable at best and reprehensible at worst. The reality is that the oil sands industry has been linked to widespread environmental destruction, including deforestation, habitat loss, and water contamination. Additionally, the industry has faced numerous allegations of human rights abuses, including violations of workers' rights and Indigenous rights.

In its relentless pursuit of profit at any cost, the oil sands industry has also contributed to the exacerbation of global inequality and geopolitical instability. By promoting "ethical oil" as a morally superior alternative to other energy sources, Levant obscures the systemic injustices inherent in the fossil fuel industry and undermines efforts to transition to a more sustainable and equitable energy system.

In conclusion, "Ethical Oil" is a disingenuous and morally bankrupt piece of propaganda that prioritizes corporate interests over environmental protection, Indigenous rights, and the well-being of future generations. Readers would be wise to approach this book with skepticism and to seek out more credible sources of information on energy ethics and climate change.

[Kimberley · Rating 4 out of 5]

If you’re Canadian, or have any sort of opinion on the oil sands, read this book. It’s eye opening and really puts in perspective the important things about energy (human rights, CO2 emissions (and more), economy, etc.). It’s written with just enough facts that you’re not bogged down but still get the gist of things.

[Dinh Hong · Rating 5 out of 5]

Everyone should read Ethical Oil. Ezra Levant is really good on the debate, his perspective is strong and sensed.

[Marshall E · Rating 1 out of 5]

Presents a good case for getting off of oil altogether. A real turd-burger.

[Zac · Rating 5 out of 5]

An excellent book that argues for what might be the most important yet the most overlooked dimension of the issue of fossil fuel usage.

[Leopold Bienkowski-gibbs]

I didn't like the book at first. Ezra Levant's tone is patronizing and derisive throughout most of the book, which is a shame because the argument he lays out is a good one for the most part. He challenged my anti-tar sands stance with his compelling survey of the alternative oil sources in the world and the social political context of those foreign oil industries. But instead of accepting Canada's tar sands as the lightest shade of grey for bitumen/oil extraction, Levant champions them as some kind of glowing white saviour to the worlds's energy needs:

"There can be no doubt: Canada does it best. We're an energy superpower. And we're an ethical superpower too, setting international standards for how we treat the environment and how we treat each other. And if our goal as moral citizens is to make the world a better place, then there is only one choice: to pump as much oil as we possibly can out of Fort McMurray. Pump and steam and dig and drill and get that oil out of the sand in any and every way we can. Every drop of oil from Alberta is one less drop from some fascist theocracy, or some brutal warlord; one less cent into the treasuries of Russia's secret police and al-Qaeda's murderers.

Canadian oil sands oil is the most ethical oil in the world, and the people who invest there, work there, and support the oil sands with their patronage and their encouragement should be proud. Whether they realize it or not, they are all, gradually, helping to make the world a more moral, humane, and better place."

Talk about glowingly pro-oil development and extraction.. I wonder if he got a hard on when he wrote this.

[John · Rating 2 out of 5]

Spoiler alert:
1)I live in Northern Canada and I love the life including the wild life.
2)I am happy to list my support for the Sask Party and the sucessors of Reform on my facebook page.

Ezra Levant has written this book to defend the developpment of the Oil Sands in Northern Saskatchewan and Alberta. I have seen the huge mines in British Columbia, but not yet been to Fort Mac, but I have spoken to many who have lived and worked there.

Ezra spends too much of this book slanging the opponents of development instead of putting the positive side of the story. He doesn't say local aborignal people, workers and executives like the outdoors and use it in their leisure time:he points out how energy security involves paying a lot of money to those (foreign and local)who really don't like us at all.

Far too much of this book is negative. If city folk want to ride Amish buggies we would love to supply oats, willow and pine veneer, if city folk want great electric transit (and some do) we can supply copper,aluminium and renewable hydroelectricity. Want nothing but prisitine wilderness-come and join us. Want to drive to the mall and get a calender with bears and snowy owls:we can do that too but don't complain about the very closely watched mess we put up with to support the city lifestyle of others.

[Thalia · Rating 3 out of 5]

So essentially:
OIL sands are the best source of oil because:
1. it is produced in a country that does the best job of protecting human rights
2. Is environmentally sound despite the smear campaigns claims
3. Tell any American environmentalist to 'fuzz off' , go home, and worry about their much worse domestic enviro crisis'

However, in addition, unless you know it for a fact yourself (and I mean know it, saw with your own eyes, hands on research) then read everything with contempt. Just because it's in print doesn't mean it's absolute truth. Journalists aren't always so careful or so talented and are often undeserving of the absolute faith we place in them. I have little faith in this journalist specifically so while his claims may be true,and his arguement compelling...I have no faith in it despite the "documented sources"

[Kathy · Rating 3 out of 5]

My neighbor handed me this book. And I'm very grateful because I would never have picked it up myself. I think every Canadian should read this book. It has a big nationalist streak which is rather engaging. But it also makes a very articulate and intelligent case FOR the development of the Canadian oil sands. Until we as a society find an alternative to fossil fuels, we're going to remain reliant on oil. But it seems like Canada is losing the public relations battle against tyrannical and repressive regimes like Saudi Arabia, Nigeria, and Iran. Does that make any sense? The book is -not surprisingly- also critical of the environmental groups and how they're trying to win the battle but losing the war because of their lack of perspective and misguided tactics. Fascinating. Highly recommended. Great topic of conversation!

[Ismena · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book has such an interesting and refreshing perspective on oil sands in AB. The book is very biased, however the author has done the research and makes a few very valid points. I liked the language it was written it, it was easy to read and sarcastic. I think everyone should give this book a read, especially environmentalists who are against oil sands... just to see the benefits and hear why someone may believe that this is going to be the most ethical resource we have on our planet.

[Darren · Rating 4 out of 5]

I dare you.
I dare you to read the introduction to this book, and then try to put it down.
Mr Levant goes into a great deal of detail to offer a look at the environmentil, economiic and politocal issues surrounding the world of society being addicted to oil.
I dare you, to read this, and see where your opinions of all the big players in oil lie in comparison to when you first started.
Highly recommended.

[Anatolikon · Rating 3 out of 5]

Repetitive and shrill, but an intriguing case for the tar sands on moral grounds. Levant's thesis is set up in such a way that Alberta's oil sands can't help but look good compared to the violence, repression, and corruption in places like Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Venezuela. I'm totally convinced that his efforts to downplay the environmental costs, but his attacks on environmental groups that become interest groups like Greenpeace is quite indicting.

[Eddy Edgar · Rating 5 out of 5]

Every Canadian citizen needs to read this book at least once. Americans would are strongly encouraged to as well.

Our reliance on oil will not stop any time soon. May as well get it from Canada baby. This book illustrates all the fun and obvious reasons why the Northern Alberta Oil Sands is the BEST supply in the world! Wee!

[Ginn · Rating 5 out of 5]

Everyone should read this. There's a lot in there I already knew, and a lot I didn't know, but this book informed and put it all together.

Basically Canada=awesome, and the best place oil has ever come from.

[Johns · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cogent analysis of the spurious and even false logic behind environmentalist opposition to developing and exporting more Canadian oil resources. Written by a Canadian. Released in 2010 before Obama's Keystone pipeline decision mistake.

[Andrea · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great read, very informative. I recommend everyone reads Ethical Oil.

[Adam Corsaut · Rating 4 out of 5]

An insightful (if sometimes emotional) examination into the ethics of oil. Worth reading regardless if where you fall in the debate.

[Christina Manolescu · Rating 4 out of 5]

An informative and persuasive case for championing Canada's oil sands. Energetic, compelling and highly readable.

[Joel · Rating 2 out of 5]

Over the top right wing rubbish.

[Annette · Rating 4 out of 5]

The only criticism I have is that if you already agree with Ezra, it's like reading stuff you already know. I think I will pass it on to someone else who might not be as aware.

[Carey Chalifour · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent presentation of the oil sands fight against environmentalist propaganda and hype. Hope it causes many to fact check before jumping on the anti oil sands bandwagon!