Tar sands, the dirty truth

(11.39) Tar sands development (extracting crude oil from bitumen found beneath the boreal forest of Alberta in Canada) is the largest industrial energy project in the world and is causing huge environmental damage to land and water affecting an area the size of England, or Florida.

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Guest: Kevin Doyle (429 days ago)

The human race deserves what coming to it...the eco system doesn't. We are a cancer on the world. And although its romantic to think that we will learn, and the world will recover.....its not going to happen. A body only heals once the cancer is irradiated.

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Guest: Richard S (428 days ago)

The truth is that global warming is a hoax. See the evidence!

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Guest: steve-o (428 days ago)

There is no evidence against global warming. Do your homework or remain ignorant.

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glortman (428 days ago)

As a Canadian, I have to say this causes me profound shame and grief. The policies of the Harper government and these industries in NO way represent my wishes. I know my own consumption is part of the problem and I am doing everything in my power to reduce my consumption and reliance on oil in my daily life, but I would rather do without than be a party to this environmental rape.

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Guest: Submitted as a guest (429 days ago)

It is just so damn depressing to see those big oil companies destroying the eco environment, and theres no Danm thing you can do about it. Its is carried on by government, lobbyists, advocates and a huge sack of money. This is the legacy we carry on to our next generation..

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Guest: **** you boreme,with ur ads. (426 days ago)

Submitted as a guest. Yep, that is life. Nice isn't it. Thankfully jesus will save us......

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Guest: Harold (429 days ago)

its all fueled (get it?!?) by the consumer wanting to drive their cars, and having everything packaged in plastic.

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cengland0 (425 days ago)

I'm not advocating this but do have a couple questions because this video seemed one-sided. First, doesn't that bitumen already exist and is hazardous now? So any duck that naturally found the stuff could have gotten stuck in it without our intervention. Also, after the project is done, wouldn't all the bitumen be gone and that would leave behind a cleaner and safer environment? Trees could then be planted and a whole thriving eco-system created where one never existed before. Let's hear both sides of this.

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glortman (425 days ago)

Latest comment: The tailings ponds are the by-product of a refining process which includes using surface water and petroleum products to release the oil from the sands. So, first trees and ground vegetation had to be strip mined to get the bitumen from the earth, then poisonous compounds are poured untreated back onto the ground. There were no ponds before, since the sands were under hundreds of feet of healthy ecosystem. Sadly, the video is one sided because the situation is one sided.

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