> wrote in message
...
> On Mon, 24 Jun 2013 19:16:18 -0700 (PDT), Roy >
> wrote:
>
>
>>>
>>> > We have a conservative PM from Alberta - he believes the Tar Sands are
>>>
>>> > clean.
>>>
>>> >
>>>
>>> He's never flown over ft. McMurray?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> http://o.canada.com/2013/05/10/timel...gle-timelapse/
>>
>>Its a wasteland...and there will be more of it as time goes on. How
>>else can one get the oil out of the sand but in most cases...mine it.
>
> There is also this 'fracking' to get gas out of rock seams. Nobody
> seems to be able to tell people who live in the areas where they want
> to do it what will eventually happen to things like their well water
> etc. No guarantees.
>
Most fracking is in rocks 1000s of feet down and way below the aquifers.
There's so much false information and anecdotes with no basis in fact,
mainly from environuts.
Graham