Before someone gets all uppity, I recognize the need for oilsand extraction. After all, I do work in the industry. However, it always makes me a little sad to get to the point north of town where the trees have disappeared and the plant looms across the old tailings pond. I'm no hippie environmentalist, but it's sad to lose the natural landscape.
Wanna see what I'm talking about? Fire up Google Maps. Find Fort McMurray, Alberta. Follow the highway heading north of town. 30 km north, you'll start seeing the oilsands operations. Not exactly the original muskeg ecosystem...
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