GGR202H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Asphalt, Keystone Pipeline, Fort Chipewyan
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Wealth creation: evaluation of resources into financial gain. Bitumen (extremely heavy oil) mixed with sand, clay, and water. Depending on what word you say: oil/tar. Explains how you think about the topic. Uses 2-5 barrels of water for 1 barrel of oil. 1967: low levels, slow in terms of production. Production of tar sands are increasing over the years. Offe(cid:374)si(cid:448)e to the people i(cid:374) al(cid:271)erta (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause it"s the (cid:373)ai(cid:374) sour(cid:272)e for (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)er(cid:272)e i(cid:374) ca(cid:374)ada. The word tar brings a negative association to the oil extraction business. The oil (cid:272)o(cid:373)pa(cid:374)ies (cid:373)ust (cid:271)e fi(cid:374)di(cid:374)g ele(cid:272)tio(cid:374) (cid:272)o(cid:373)pa(cid:374)ies so the(cid:455) do(cid:374)"t take a politi(cid:272)al (cid:448)ie(cid:449) o(cid:374) the tar sands. Ignoring the environmental impacts is has created in canada. Indigenous people in the cross fires of the tar sands. This is a debate, there are different opinions. Pah: chemical released into air, water, soil. Water: affects regional water supply, withdrawal of water (athabasca river), flow problems, pollution of surrounding alberta lakes.
