Film Screening: H2Oil

Last night Olivia Chow hosted a screening of H2Oil at the Bloor cinema.



The film portrays the alarming story of what the tar sands are doing to the water in the Athabasca river. All sorts of run off is getting into the river and contaminating the drinking supply. The film mainly focused around how this contamination is affecting a first nations community, but also on some water bottlers (because they were friends of the film maker). The latter focus noticeably weakened the film's impact.

Giant Oil Slicks, As Seen From Space

There's an interesting photo on the NASA Earth Observatory today. It shows oil Slicks as seen From space. It would be interesting to know how much oil run-off it takes to make one of these streaks, several of which are over 50km in length.

655000 Dead Iraqis and I'm still paying $2.69 for unleaded

I stumbled across this image just now. Paying for any gas at all is the problem, not paying too much.

Business As Usual

I was aghast to see this article in the news today: Global warming opens Arctic seabed to the search for oil and gas. The author is actually trying to say that this is a good thing. Here is the opening paragraph:

The Arctic is rich in natural resources, including hydrocarbons, and rapid thawing due to global warming could make exploiting those mineral resources feasible relatively soon.

The headline is analogous to 'Chain Smoker Hospitalized, Finds More Time For Smoking.' I'm surprised by how often I see headlines that would fit well in The Onion.