Every energy source has unique characteristics that deserve careful consideration and comparison. Renewable energy sources, such as wind turbines and solar panels, do not emit greenhouse gases but produce power intermittently and require large areas of land

Geoffrey Styles writing in The Energy Collective says it analysts and editors have not woken up to the necessity of comparing the lifecycle emissions from oil sands to those from other crude oils and the common misunderstanding concerning these emissions when viewed only from an oil-production perspective is being perpetuated.

Even an article in the New York Times is characterizing the spate of EPA regulations, recently issued or coming shortly, affecting the electric power industry as a “cascade.” Regional power grid operators have been reviewing their reliability