Stupid to the Last Drop
How Alberta is Bringing Environmental Armageddon to Canada (and Doesn't Seem to Care)
Marsden, William
Publisher: Vintage Canada, Canada
Year First Published: {41605 Stupid to the Last Drop STUPID TO THE LAST DROP How Alberta is Bringing Environmental Armageddon to Canada (and Doesn't Seem to Care) Marsden, William Vintage Canada Canada As the world teeters on the edge of catastrophic climate change, Alberta plunges ahead with uncontrolled development of its fossil fuels, levelling its northern Boreal forest to get at the oil sands, and carpet bombing its southern half with tens of thousands of gas wells. 2007 2008 250pp BC41605-StupidLastDrop.jpg B Book 978-0-676-97914-5 TD195.P4M38 2008 333.8'23214097123 -
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<br>Table of Contents
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<br>Prologue: We Have the Technology
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<br>Part I Technology and Mutual Destruction
<br>1 Highway to Heaven
<br>2 Manley Natland's Fantasy
<br>3 Early Signs of Madness
<br>4 Breaking Alberta's Atom
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<br>Part II The Politics and Business of Oil
<br>5 Washington's Doomsday Politics
<br>6 Roll Call
<br>7 Getting the Jump on the Energy Game
<br>8 The Mauling of Big Bear
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<br>Part III Alien Invasion
<br>9 Life on Mars
<br>10 Hello! Is Anybody Out there?
<br>11 Heaven on the Moon
<br>12 Down North
<br>13 The Last Cowboys and Cowgirls
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<br>Epilogue To the Last Drop
<br>Afterword
<br>Acknowledgements
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Year Published: 2008
Pages: 250pp ISBN: 978-0-676-97914-5
Library of Congress Number: TD195.P4M38 2008 Dewey: 333.8'23214097123
Resource Type: Book
Cx Number: CX16209
As the world teeters on the edge of catastrophic climate change, Alberta plunges ahead with uncontrolled development of its fossil fuels, levelling its northern Boreal forest to get at the oil sands, and carpet bombing its southern half with tens of thousands of gas wells.
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Table of Contents
Prologue: We Have the Technology
Part I Technology and Mutual Destruction
1 Highway to Heaven
2 Manley Natland's Fantasy
3 Early Signs of Madness
4 Breaking Alberta's Atom
Part II The Politics and Business of Oil
5 Washington's Doomsday Politics
6 Roll Call
7 Getting the Jump on the Energy Game
8 The Mauling of Big Bear
Part III Alien Invasion
9 Life on Mars
10 Hello! Is Anybody Out there?
11 Heaven on the Moon
12 Down North
13 The Last Cowboys and Cowgirls
Epilogue To the Last Drop
Afterword
Acknowledgements
Index
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