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>> Oil companies don't emit a whole lot of CO2.

The Saudis certainly don't. That oil is easy to tap and, under some circumstances, be used with little refinement (shipping). But Canadian oil, shale oil, requires massive energy to extract.



Not to mention flaring of natural gas in the Bakken fields. It's a significant percentage of the US's total greenhouse emissions.




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