Heineken wrote:Americans used to believe their wild lands and natural resources were unlimited too, fossilnut. The sad fact is, it can all go very quickly. Also, damage to ecosystems isn't always apparent to the untrained eye on a country drive or hike.
fossilnut2 wrote:Albertans are the best educated population in the western world.
seldom_seen wrote:fossilnut2 wrote:Albertans are the best educated population in the western world.
Then how come you can't read? The article says that development is just getting started in an area of land equal to the size of Florida. Your province will be reduced to a toxic slag heap when it's all said and done.
Luckily, mining these sands requires large amounts of water and natural gas. Meaning you'll probably run out of one or the other before you can completely destroy your province under this assinine scheme.
Made a sig image after the remark, thought it was funny.
seldom_seen wrote:Antimatter wrote: Only a relatively small area of the deposit is recoverable by mining, so it won't be too bad.
right. just a little swath of land the size of Florida. nothing to see here...move along...
FatherOfTwo wrote:Get your facts straight.
The total area of the oil sands does cover an area about the size of Florida, but only 10% will be mined. The rest will be in-situ.
Oh sorry, right, I forget that a lot of people here don't let facts stand in the way of their fear mongering.
FatherOfTwo wrote:Location: Heart of Canada's Oil Country
nero wrote:Once a mine site is finished they should be able to replace the overburden and find a use for the new land.
Since when did Canada become a third world country?seldom_seen wrote:Canada is just like any third world country when it comes to pillaging their natural resources.
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Funny how so many Canadians suddenly sound like they work for the Chamber of Commerce. Too much money floating around those oil-sands pits.
You mean "bush" and "muskeg", eh?rockdoc123 wrote:By the way the reclaimation is not to "golf courses" but rather to a mixture of aboreal forest and wetlands.
It's worth noting that all this activity is taking place in a particularly fragile ecosystem, too: that of the far north.
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