Oilsands and asphalt.

The Oilsands not only propel your motorized vehicle, they also provide the bitumen to produce asphalt to drive your motorized vehicle on. Bitumen is the carefully refined residue from the distillation process of selected crude oils, Wikipedia says.
Why it is called the tarsands by some is unclear to me, as tar is produced by the destructive distillation of coal. Nothing to do with crude oil. So the Oilsands are not only providing gas, it provides the glue for roads also and generates a lot of jobs, hence a positive impact on the economy. I agree the Oilsands companies should also minimize their impact on the environment. As for killing birds this is a nice article to read. If you don't like it you can read another one here. The first article states wind energy companies are (I feel wrongfully) not procecuted on bird deaths. On the other hand when 300 ducks fly, land and die in a Syncrude waste water pond the company gets sued and fined a couple of million. Wind energy is so called clean. How much energy is needed to produce those windmills? Mining the ore, transporting it, producing and deforming the steel, welding it, transport to site and erecting it. Is it really neutral? What about the landscape? Horrible I say. May its better to work with instead of against the Oilsands companies. Who knows are the results, a positive impact on the environment, far beyond expectations. If you are dead-against the Oilsands anyways, take a look here.