opinions on the issue of the “Tar sands” or “Oil sands” (I shall use both unambiguously) development. Environmentalists (like myself) and concerned citizens in Canada‚ as well as the international community‚ decry that the largest industrial energy project on the face of the planet is destroying future generation’s right to clean soil‚ water‚ air‚ biodiversity and most importantly a stable climate. As well as strong local economy‚ the current economic setup of the tar sands’ development is to focus
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Geography Debate Given the carbon costs the Athabasca Tar sands should not be allowed to continue production. Not only will the cost rise when there is little oil left but the tar sands also create a lot of pollution. If they are not careful the cost is going to get outrageously high because they will eventually have to pay for some of the damage they cause with all the pollution they make. If they continue it will ruin the environment around the oil sands and they will hurt the environment in
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Tar Sands The majority of oil used by the United States as well as internationally soon may come from the tar sands in Alberta‚ Canada. Extracting oil from tar sands is an extremely costly and immensely dirty way of obtaining fuel. There is currently a plan to build a pipeline‚ the Keystone XL‚ which will run from the supply of tar sands in Albert down the western United States to refineries in Texas. There are two major concerns when dealing with the creation of this pipeline and the increased
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as 1189‚ and was commonly used in the 1700s as a punishment for any wrongdoing. If this happened in the present people would regard it as bizarre and very cruel‚ but back then it was very common to see as a punishment. The colonists were so eager to tar and feather someone because they wanted to make an example of them‚ and to publically humiliate the wrongdoer. In the 1700s there was little to no patience for causing a disruption in public and they wanted everyone to know that. The tarring and feathering
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mining of the Alberta tar sands worthwhile‚ knowing its devastating effects on the environment? There are very valid points for both arguments‚ being them economical‚ political‚ environmental‚ or moral. The mining of bitumen is not something that is sustainable for the environment‚ or the companies involved. Although these open-pit mines produce much of the world’s oil‚ people should consider paying more at the pumps rather than destroying the only world we have to live in. The tar sands in Alberta essentially
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Extract Tar Sands Ltd. Background information Extract Tar Sands is an extraction plant company located in Athabasca‚ Alberta. It is a leading extraction plant‚ and one of the worlds most global industries. Large investments are required but the future outcomes are unknown. Athabasca has the largest reservoir of crude bitumen in the world. The tar sands go through a refining process to separate the bitumen (black viscous oil) from the mixture of clay‚ sand and water. Extracting oil from tar sand is
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In The Bell Jar‚ Esther Greenwood‚ a nineteen-year-old girl‚ gets to live in the big city under the big lights of New York. Going to parties without an ounce of apprehension. Without warning‚ one imperfect moment changes that outlook‚ and suddenly Esther distances herself from everything she had come to know. The constant pressure to be perfect had an anchor effect‚ dragging Esther deeper into the waters of her insecurities. No one else but her mother had noticed‚ but as time goes on Esther continues
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Blind Man Under The Fig Tree The future is extremely ambiguous‚ and is one of the many wonders that people cannot figure out. Even if people try to plan out the future do not know what the future will hold. In Sylvia Plath’s novel The Bell Jar and Bill Cattey’s poem What Is Happening To Me both share the idea that the future is very indecisive and difficult to face.Through Plath’s characterization of Esther and Cattey’s analogies within his poem‚ they show the frustration a vague future can
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The Sydney Tar Ponds are the most toxic hazardous waste site in North America‚ located in Cape Breton. These tar ponds were caused essentially from a century of steel making‚ polluting it with high levels of PCB‚ mercury‚ lead and polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons. This was first discovered in 1980 by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans in Sydney Harbor‚ which resulted in a period of events and frustrations for both the government and residents. In1982 lobster fisheries were all closed down due
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The Blue Jar The Blue Jar contains a variety of important elements in terms of prose fiction. With a unique plot structure‚ manner of symbolism‚ theme‚ and depiction of characters‚ Dinesen develops an interesting work of fiction that seeks to instill certain ideals in the reader. The point of view is that of an omniscient narrator. The Blue Jar’s plot follows the track of exposition‚ rising action‚ climax‚ falling action in a unique manner with a “double plot” mechanism. Also‚ it isn’t solely
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