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http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2012/06/08/alberta-oil-spill-red-deer-river_n_1581008.html?ir=Canada&ref=fb&src=sp&comm_ref=false
This pipeline oil spill is currently going on in Alberta, about a two hour drive from my house. The company was completely unaware and only found out when residents kilometers away began complaining about a rotten egg smell, meanwhile hundreds of thousands of litres have spilled. Average recovery rates? 5%
-- and the oil and gas industry wants more pipelines. One down to the refineries in Texas and another to Kitimat BC, gateway to the orient.
Now there's a simple solution of closer monitoring of pressure along these pipelines. They could also take a cue from the shipping industry and double hull (or triple hull) these pipes along their proposed routes.
Are you for or against oil from Canada? How do you propose transporting it? Is ethical oil a valid concern?
