by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Apr 30, 2010 | Canada, Climate Change, Economy, Emergencies, Environmental Issues, Food, health, News, Oil, USA, World
As we watch the effects of the inevitable oil spill transpire in the Gulf Coast we have to ask ourselves yet again, is it worth it? Any ocean oil extraction process using a drilling rig has a risk factor attached to it. This risk factor is not a question of...
by thegtapatriot@yahoo.ca | Sep 15, 2008 | Canada, Climate Change, Environmental Issues, News, Oil, USA, World
FORT MCMURRAY, Alberta (AP) — The largest dump truck in the world is parked under a massive mechanical shovel waiting to transport 400 tons of oily sand at an open pit mine in the northern reaches of Alberta. Each Caterpillar 797B heavy hauler — three-stories high,...