tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23884640.post4493475911331415862..comments2024-03-22T03:13:15.710-07:00Comments on Engineering Ethics Blog: Should You Worry About Oil Sands?Kaydeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15055360323969104129noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23884640.post-90666003965335183682011-01-31T10:31:15.715-08:002011-01-31T10:31:15.715-08:00It's sad reading this article, first off espec...It's sad reading this article, first off especially when you're resources are taken from Wikipedia, where anyone can alter them, not reliable what so ever. <br /><br />Second, your "Canadian friends" have not found efficient ways of dealing with the pollution in the water and the destruction of the land. The deposits from the current oil sands in 4 months is the equivilent to a major oil spill that would be repeated annually if we continue this "ethical oil" mining. The oldest tailings dyke built by Suncor in 1965 has been leaking continually into the Athabasca River for more than 30 years. Fish within this river are turning up with deformities and tumours. Migratory ducks and birds landing in the toxic bitumen are being euthanized by the hundreds to thousands.<br />You view Canada as a "nice plave to get it(oil) from", yet you don't realize the death and despair thats affecting people and animals living in and around the Athabasca River. The oil sands of Alberta contribute at least 13 proven toxic elements found in the Athabasca River which include arsenic, lead, mercury, chromium and cadmium. The people of Fort Chipewyan, a downstream community of the Athabasca River, have high hydrocarbon exposure resulting in 3–7X higher rates of leukemia, lymphoma, biliary tract cancer, tissue sarcoma, among many others all which are linked to oil pollution from the oil sands.<br />Now are you so grateful to your "Canadian friends" for the destruction of their environment to feed your fuel consumption?Sarah Rufhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05569512220509555109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23884640.post-20415314894883172762009-07-20T22:33:39.788-07:002009-07-20T22:33:39.788-07:00good post...but is U.S really dependant on oil...i...good post...but is U.S really dependant on oil...i heard they have shifted their eye on natural gas...???sriram balasubramanianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09220738251583694388noreply@blogger.com