Blog Reflection

What future would you like to see for the Alberta Tar Sands project?

After talking about the tar sands in class, watching the documentary with Emily Hunter, and personal experience from being in Fort McMurray a couple times I think that the project should continue but with some modifications. I think that there is too much money invested and government involvement in the project for it to stop. I believe that it is harmful for our planet and the oil they are producing will cause even more harm when it is used. However instead of fighting against the project there should be more co-operation between the groups like green peace and the oil companies. On that documentary I noticed that green peace would brake into the work site and put out a big flag on the ground to get there message across, but in my opinion that solves nothing. If we can get government support to put money made by the oil companies in the tar sands toward environment sustainable research and projects then it would help in balancing the destructive nature of this project. I'm sure that there is some form of environmental tax that the oil companies have to pay but if we can get support I'm positive that we could raise this tax and help our environment.