Interesting Oakleaf. And did you know when you moved there about these leased properties?

Until I moved to Alberta, I didn't pay attention at all about the oil industry. Not really. After all, I don't even know the price of gas since I've been car-free for decades.

Innocent me learned about fracking process just um....4 months ago from a work colleague whose GF works for a local company that exclusively specializes in fracturing....which is breaking the ground with natural gas to release the oil. A crude way of explaining but that is how dearie explained it to me.

Honest, in this city it is hard not to meet a local whose personal connections (friends, relatives) who is employed by an organization involved with the oil/energy industry. Calgary area is the spot in Canada where alot of the corporate head offices from these industries are located.

There is a major wind farm by Pincher Creek, near the U.S. border/Waterton National Park...but alternative energy projects are not given enough prominence/nor funding here.

I recognize the value of petroleum for.....our bike tires, our plastics...which is useful for building construction, furniture, (all wood is not always practical), etc. But it is deeply disturbing the overt slogans of "jobs", etc. , when really it's just corporate execs. lining their coffers. The thousands of jobs....are temporary for construction of any pipeline anywhere in the world..is just temporary.

Note: The Canadian environmentalists are just concerned & lobbying.