Ethical Oil? (VIDEO)

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While getting oil from the Saudi Arabia is not something I support, this ridiculous video (below) about “ethical oil” is trying to make my blood boil. I’m barely managing to keep my cool. If you think that getting oil from the tar sands of Canada could be ethical, check out this post: Tar Sands Oil Pipeline = Backwards Thinking (Humongous Climate Change Impact).

Here’s the completely deceitful video passed on to me via email:

“A choice we have to make”? Give me a break. We don’t HAVE TO be addicted to oil.

Yes, the oil industry is one of deceit, manipulation, and profit above all else, no matter where it is getting its oil from.

Fight back by getting on a bike or bus today and getting involved in politics.

 



Zachary Shahan (1978 Posts)

I'm the director of CleanTechnica, the most popular clean energy website in the world, and Planetsave, a leading green and science news site. I've been covering green news of various sorts since 2008, and I've been especially focused on solar energy, electric vehicles, bicycling, and wind energy for the past few years. You can also find my work on Scientific American, Reuters, Think Progress, GE's ecomagination site, several sites in the Important Media network, & many other places. To connect on some of your favorite social networks, go to zacharyshahan.com or click on some of the links below.


  • http://Web Gavin Hudson

    Whoa, that’s both culturally insensitive and outrageously cheeky. First of all, showing hijab to make a visual case for oppression is culturally insensitive and insulting. I know women who choose to wear hijabs because it’s their culture just like women in the west choose to wear bikinis, not to placate men but because it’s their culture. Secondly, did this oil ad really ask us to give money to the oil lobby?? Really?

    • http://importantmedia.org/members/zshahan/ Zachary Shahan

      I know, a huge WHOA! The bit at the end was certainly a shocker…