A Different

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A Different Kind of Oil Crisis
KAIROS Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiatives
2008
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We use fossil fuels oil, gas, and coal at
an ALARMING RATE
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In less than 200 years, we will have used up a
resource that took hundreds of millions of years
to form.
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The North uses disproportionately more fossil
fuels than the South.
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33 million Canadians use more energy than 760
million inhabitants of Africa.

• The David Suzuki Foundation

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We know that its an ECOLOGICAL CRISIS
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Greenhouse gas emissions cause global
climate change.
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Under the Kyoto Protocol, Canada pledged to
reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 6 below 1990
levels by 2008-2012.
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Since December 2002, Canadas emissions have
gone up 24.

• CBC News

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We are reaching a critical point.
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If we dont reduce emissions, our damage to the
Earth will be irreparable.
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Drought
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Desertification
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More Frequent Forest Fires
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Extreme Weather
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Species Extinction
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Increased Flooding
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182 million people in sub-Saharan Africa alone
could die of disease directly attributable to
climate change by the end of the century.

• Christian Aid

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Are we aware that its also a HUMAN RIGHTS CRISIS?
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Not only does our use of fossil fuels pollute the
Earth,
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it also breeds conflict.
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IRAQ
War for Oil
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I am saddened that it is politically
inconvenient to acknowledge what everyone
knows the Iraq war is largely about oil.

• Alan Greenspan
• former chairman of the US Federal Reserve

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Protestors in Detroit
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AFGHANISTAN
Guarding a Pipeline
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In 2008, the Afghan government agreed to build an
energy pipeline from Central Asia to the Arabian
Sea.
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Canadian soldiers are stationed in the
pipelines path through Kandahar.
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DARFUR
Desertification Intensifies Ethnic Conflict
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The Darfur conflict began as an ecological
crisis, arising at least in part from climate
change.

• Ban Ki-Moon,
• UN Secretary General

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Due to desertification, the Sahara
advanced. Competition for land in Darfur
intensified, leading to ethnic conflict.
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Internally Displaced Persons Camp, Sudan
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Sudan produces 500,000 barrels of oil a day.
Two-thirds goes to China.

• London Times Online

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This revenue enables the Sudanese government to
purchase arms for the Janjaweed, who murder and
rape Darfuri civilians.

• Human Rights Watch

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COLOMBIA
Violently Defending Oil
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The United Nations has called Colombia the worst
humanitarian crisis in the Americas.
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Oil infrastructure is one of the
main battlegrounds of Colombias civil war.
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The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)
opposes foreign oil investment and frequently
bombs oil pipelines.
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The Colombian army protects foreign oil interests
in the country, spending nearly one-quarter of
its resources on defending oil installations.
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INDONESIA
Murder, Torture, and Rape
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In 2001, International Rights Advocates filed a
lawsuit on behalf of 11 villagers in
Indonesia's Aceh province, against ExxonMobil.
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The company is charged with human
rights violations including murder, torture,
and rape, committed by the companys security
forces.
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Are we aware that its also an ECONOMIC JUSTICE
CRISIS?
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CANADA
Jobs vs Rights
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In Canada, jobs compete with Indigenous rights.
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Over 1 million barrels of oil are extracted from
the Alberta tar sands each day.
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The ultimate goal is 5 million barrels per day by
2030.
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Institute www.oilsandswatch.org
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As a result, the traditional lands of First
Nations are being destroyed.
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Many First Nations are neither being
consulted nor compensated.
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ANGOLA
Oil ? Development
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Angola is the largest oil producer in Africa,

• OPEC

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yet 1/2 of the people have no access to safe
drinking water.

• UNICEF and World
• Health Organization

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ECUADOR
Profits Before People
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Texaco, which was bought by Chevron in 2001,
has been extracting oil in Ecuador since 1964.
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In 2007, Chevrons profits from
its international operations were US 13 billion.

• Chevron Annual
• Report 2007

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Yet 46 of Ecuadors people live below
the poverty line.

• UNDP Human Development
• Report 2007/2008

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NIGERIA
A Study of Extremes
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In 2007, Nigeria exported US 57.9 billion in
petroleum products.

• OPEC

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Yet more than 90 of its people live on less than
2 a day.

• UNDP Human Development
• Report 2007/2008

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Collection
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Ecological Crisis
Human Rights Crisis
Economic Justice Crisis
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Oil companies are making huge profits. Yet we
continue to subsidize them.
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In 2007, the Big Five oil companies profits were
over US 123 billion.
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Yet the World Bank gave the industry US 1
billion in financing.
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In 2007, Export Development Canada, a
government agency, supported 13.2 billion
worth of oil and gas business.
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The Canadian oil industry turned a profit of
26.4 billion in 2007.
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The Canadian government gave the industry
nearly 1.4 billion in subsidies.
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Why are we subsidizing the oil industry?
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The oil crisis is also a SPIRITUAL CRISIS
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Weve become disconnected from the Earth.
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We are estranged from our companions in Creation.
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The world is our meeting place with God as the
body of God, it is wondrously, awesomely,
divinely mysterious.

• Sallie McFague

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When we harm the Earth, we harm our Creator.
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We are not in right relationship with our
neighbours.
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Indonesia
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Sudan
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Ecuador
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Afghanistan
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Canada
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Jesus said, What you do to others, you do unto
me.
Matthew 25 40
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How can we heal our relationship with the Earth
and with each other?
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Resist the temptation to find easy answers.
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Biofuels are not the solution.
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They can only replace a small amount of our
consumption.
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They displace people from their land,
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Colombia
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and contribute to the growing food crisis.
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We cannot maintain our tanks full while
stomachs go empty.
- Comissao Pastoral da Terra (CPT), Grito dos
Excluídos, Movimento Sem Terra (MST), Servico
Pastoral dos Migrantes (SPM), Rede Social de
Justica e Direitos Humanos, and Via Campesina
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We must reduce our consumption.
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But theres an even bigger picture
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We must advocate with the Canadian government to
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• stop subsidizing
• oil companies

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• enact binding
• legislation holding
• Canadian companies
• accountable for
• human rights abuses

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• invest in sustainable,
• renewable energy

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• promote energy
• conservation

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• put a cap on carbon
• emissions

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• collect fees from
• carbon emitters to
• reinvest in a green
• economy

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• live up to its Kyoto
• Protocol obligations

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• negotiate for an
• effective, fair, and
• equitable post-Kyoto
• agreement

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We must renew our relations with the Earth and
each other.
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Learn together in church and community.
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www.re-energize.org
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Pray and advocate for peace.
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Act for energy justice.
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Strive to live differently, with Gods help.
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Its a huge challenge
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Lets work together.
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Together, we can find the courage to act.
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There is hope
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if we realize that life is worth more than oil.
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KAIROS Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiatives
unites eleven Canadian churches
and church-related organizations in
faithful action for justice. www.kairoscanada.org
Toll free 1-877-403-8933
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KAIROS Members

• The Anglican Church of Canada
• Canadian Catholic Organization for Development
  and Peace
• Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops
• Canadian Religious Conference
• Christian Reformed Church in North America
  (Canada Corporation)
• Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada
• Mennonite Central Committee Canada
• The Presbyterian Church in Canada
• The Primates World Relief and Development Fund
  (PWRDF)
• Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)
• The United Church of Canada

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Created by Kaitlin Bardswich, with the help of
KAIROS staff Music by Noelle Morris
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More information on oil aid, profits, and
subsidies can be found at www.endoilaid.com and
in Pumped Up at www.kairoscanada.org More
information on KAIROS Re-energize campaign can
be found at www.re-energize.org
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Additional Credits Opening Collage Colour
photos David Falconer Black and white Warren
K. Leffler Consumption Collage Bikers
iStockphoto.com/Can Balcioglu Recycling
iStockphoto.com/Sharon Dominick Lightbulbs
iStockphoto.com/Douglas Kim Solar power
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