Comments for Heavy Oil:Oil sands blog,discussion and news. http: HeavyOil.org is an independent voice focussed on the Energy Sands industry. Topics range from subsidization to countering propaganda put out by oil companies and environmental groups. Tue, 30 Mar 2010 16:46:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on Syncrude Ducks Responsibility. by AS http:/?p=157&cpage=1#comment-1 AS Tue, 30 Mar 2010 16:46:28 +0000 http:/?p=157#comment-1 Really, all this vitriol over the ducks? It is a sad story, there is no escaping that. But this is a fixable issue - effective measures can be taken to avoid this kind of problem in the future. Now how many birds do you think die each year flying into sky scrapers in Toronto? Do you have a solution for that? Do you not think the claim that "world media attention" has "remained fixed" on this issue since it happened is a little overblown? Because I'm betting most people have never thought about this issue since it happened, if then. The oil sands absolutely have a public relations problem, but it seems to me largely a problem of not getting the facts out effectively and not properly responding to shrill environmentalists that don't fully understand the issues, or do and hyperbolize them on purpose. Really, all this vitriol over the ducks? It is a sad story, there is no escaping that. But this is a fixable issue – effective measures can be taken to avoid this kind of problem in the future. Now how many birds do you think die each year flying into sky scrapers in Toronto? Do you have a solution for that?

Do you not think the claim that “world media attention” has “remained fixed” on this issue since it happened is a little overblown? Because I’m betting most people have never thought about this issue since it happened, if then.

The oil sands absolutely have a public relations problem, but it seems to me largely a problem of not getting the facts out effectively and not properly responding to shrill environmentalists that don’t fully understand the issues, or do and hyperbolize them on purpose.

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