I really enjoyed the presentations last class; to those who presented: thank you so much!
To those who prepared presentations but didn't get to speak last week, we really look forward to hearing from you next week!
Thanks to everybody else who participated for your thoughtful comments.
Next Thursday, we'll listen to the remaining presentations on Energy Sources, and then I'm hoping we can discuss those. After that, if anyone's interested, we may continue some of the interesting discussions that were started last week, too. Then, hopefully, we can experiment with debate as well!
And assuming we still have time after that, continuing the theme of energy sources, I'd like to discuss the Alberta tar sands oil project and a proposed pipeline which will bring that oil down through the US.
Tonight I'm sending you the links to 3 videos which will serve as an introduction to what's going on up in Alberta, Canada tar sand oil fields, and a link to an article for you to read.
Here's an informative introductory video against the tar sands project (from Greenpeace, about 11 minutes long in English):
The short video below introduces the project from a different (non-environmentally concerned) angle, and does a good job painting a picture of the vastness of the project (from National Geographic; less than 3 minutes long; in English with Chinese subtitles):
This video presents the benefits of Alberta's tar sand oil: (from 60 Minutes, a US news show; 6 minutes, in English, with Chinese subtitles - I don't know why they're there but it's convenient!):
And if you want to read more, here's a National Geographic article that tries to just let the facts speak for themselves: http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2009/03/canadian-oil-sands/kunzig-text
Here you can view the photos of the tar sands in that article's link to the national geographic photo gallery, and the captions under each photo contain a lot of valuable information too!
Next time I'll send links about the proposed pipeline and the protests against it.
Hope you've all had a great weekend.
Sincerely, Abbie
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