Oil-besotted place:Just a cyclist living here

[shootingstar]

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe...rticle2300748/

I was glad that Obama and U.S. environmentalists have temporarily stopped the proposed oil pipeline from the Canadian oil tar sands in Northern Alberta. However the Canadian company proponent/partner, TransCanada Corp. is proposing a different route through Nebraska....whatever.

One thing clear in all these pipeline route planning gyrations is that the bottom line is the profits in their eyes (underneath their concerns of traversing mountains, etc.).

The more I learn about living in Alberta and the grip of the oil industry, the more I'm disgusted. I'm just grateful not to have a job at all in the oil and gas/energy private industry.

My partner is glad he retired years ago from the industry. He was interviewed recently: http://blogs.calgaryherald.com/2011/...le-conference/ (Note: He was simply a middle manager, not at the top of the chain.)

I'm a cyclist, I don't consider myself an environmentalist. But living in this province has made me even more aware of environmental issues. How about those of you who live in states dominated by the oil/energy industry?

What am I doing about? I just ride my bike, take transit, walk...