Stupid to the Last Drop: How Alberta Is Bringing Environmental Armageddon to Canada (And Doesn't Seem to Care) | 
 enlarge | Author: William Marsden
Publisher: Knopf Canada
Category: Book
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Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 4518
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Pages: 256
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Dimensions (in): 8.5 x 5.5 x 1
ISBN: 0676979130
Dewey Decimal Number: 333.823214097123
EAN: 9780676979138
ASIN: 0676979130
Publication Date: October 2, 2007
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A polemic, but hard to deny July 29, 2008
Peter Lemieux
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I've heard it said several times that this book is a polemic. It is: the tone is certainly strident. But it's very difficult to argue with the facts that are presented in it. Between what we are doing in northern Alberta to the Aboriginal communities along the Athabasca River, and the disregard our government seems to have for its citizens who have been affected by oilsands or coalbed methane development, it's enough to drive you to distraction. Reading this book, you begin to understand, even if you can't condone, those who take the law into their own hands. The government of Albertan appears totally unwilling, or unable, to put the brakes on this runaway train of an industry. The entire system appears stacked completely in favor of industry. If even half of what is presented in this book is factual (and I'm quite sure that much more than that is), it would still be a stinging indictment of "business as usual" in the oil province.
All this from one who lives here.
Oil is not just a fuel, but a business June 27, 2008
Trevor Gendre (Wpg, MB)
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
After reading this book, I find that the author really changes your perception from what is said in the media, and what the actual and very detailed truth is of the oil business.
A lot of the material and facts presented in this book are things that the media will never go into depth with because it is very complex, and is beyond basic understanding. When you read this book you will see that there are reasons the price of gas is so high and all though you may not accept gas prices, you will have an understanding of how they got there, and what is expected to happen in the future, and from the way that this author presented the material, he gives you the idea that this gas battle has just started and that many of the major problems (demand & supply) are just starting to surface.
I will stop there because I don't want to spoil it, but I do recommend that you read it. Although it may be hard for some people to read because it is not an easy read, as it has many senoir University level words in there
Still stupid. March 5, 2008
A. Brown (Edmonton, Alberta)
14 out of 15 found this review helpful
This should be mandatory reading for all high-school, college and University students. Every Canadian should be reading this one. As an Albertan and someone who works in the oil industry - this one is an eye-opener for myself and I've seen things those not working in Syncrude, Suncor and in Edmonton wouldn't believe.
Please Canada: Save us from our selves. We've elected more losers to make foreign companies rich, while starving our own people and the rest of Canada. Help, we're Stupid to the Last Drop and there is no 'seeming' about, we really don't care!
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