Stupid to the Last Drop

Yes - that's Alberta. We are stupid to the last drop according to a new book by William Marsden. I recently bought this book for myself (much to the surprise to the person at Greenwoods) and so far I have found it very interesting. It talks about the oil sands in northern Alberta and about the environmental damage that they cause. It also of course talks about the stupid plans to bring up oil that people have had in the past. The introduction for instance tells about a man from the USA who all of a sudden had a brilliant plan to get the oily riches underneath the Albertan soil. His plan was this: to place a 9 kiloton bomb far beneath the ground and blow it up. To me - his theory sounded pretty twisted and I'm sure lots of other people thouht that too as that hasn't happened - yet.
I haven't finished it - yet but I already get the sense that the auther is absolutely horrified at what it happening. Because the auther feels so strongly about it the book turns out to be great - because it's real. I'm sure that if you read this book you will feel differently next time you fill up your car.