More ridiculous BS from Jim Hansen

Oilsands expansion 'fool's gold,' scientist warns

Hansen noted the new Total mine will produce only 1.5 megatonnes of carbon emissions annually, only a small fraction -- about 0.0038 per cent -- of the global total of carbon emissions from fossil fuel.

However, if all existing reserves of fossil fuels are used in coming decades, climate change will cause more than a fifth of the world's million species to die off, he said. That means, on a pro-rated basis, even Total's small share of emissions would kill off 39 species, he said.

Number of Species on Earth

The Global Biodiversity Outlook published by the Convention on Biological Diversity in 2001 estimates a total of 14 million species of organisms on Earth that have been discovered and described.