Featured Canada Forest Fires Possible Gaso Impacts

very sad, thoughts and prayers to those adversely affected.

 

I wonder if an OPEC operative didn't secretly drop a cigarette nearby those tar sands...

Joking aside, this is still terrible news. I hope that the fire can get contained faster than expected, and those folks who were displaced didn't lose too much.

 

There is a fair portion of polluted water in the tar sands.
Which doesn't protect all the equipment and infrastructure required to get it out and into an usable form.

 

Glaciers are melting, the groundwater is drying up, what's left of the boreal forest is on fire, and we're worried about the price of gas. For shame.

 

Perhaps I am wrong, but don't they need a good fire to clean out the dead wood for new growth. Wildfires are a part of nature, and will happen whether we are around or not.

 

Apparently, we have more cities than we need.

 

I thought we were discussing the forest.

 

Sorry, I thought this story was more widely known. There was mention of the loss of Fort MacMurray in the original article, but not much detail.

For more information, here's another article, with more recent updates.

 

To heap a bit more shame on the shame ... if in fact shame is a part of the story .... tar sand crud is more expensive to refine. Thus, production has been scaled back anyway. Not saying no harm no foul (not the environmental issue of tar sands, that is) ... just sayin'.

A dire outlook for tar-sands oil, and low prices aren't the only reason | MinnPost

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I've heard, but your post I was orginaly replying too made no mention of it. Just decrying the loss of forest to wildfire. Want to guilt rip somebody, don't leave out any of the juicy bits next time.

 

You're right, that was my fault. Sorry.

 

group hug !!

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No problem. I considered a smilely for the post, but left it off. So here is one now.