tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post6099504287517317195..comments2024-03-22T05:20:44.167-07:00Comments on The Disaffected Lib: The Tar Sands - S0 Much More Than Greenhouse GasThe Mound of Soundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-43476275915958605242010-07-20T23:03:00.357-07:002010-07-20T23:03:00.357-07:00LMA, as Nikiforuk opines in "Tar Sands,"...LMA, as Nikiforuk opines in "Tar Sands," Big Oil's handmaiden, the Alberta government does require Tar Sands operators to post security totalling a small fraction of the impacts they create, from the outset.<br /><br />This is a time-honoured thing in Canada's mining industry. Government goes along to get along. Eventually the mine loses commercial viability and closes, the mine operators leave town, and somebody - other than those who've already long left - get handed the bill.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-77587118354254499602010-07-20T20:51:53.469-07:002010-07-20T20:51:53.469-07:00Another question bothers me as I watch BP play rus...Another question bothers me as I watch BP play russian roulette trying to kill the wild well, i.e. are the oil companies developing the Tar Sands required to pay for the tremendous economic and health costs associated with spills, leaks when technology fails us? Do they even have a plan to deal with worst case scenarios?LMAnoreply@blogger.com