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Published: July 12th 2007
UntitledAfter waking up at 4:00 a.m. and heading to the airport to catch a 6:30 a.m. flight we arrived in Fort McMurray. Fort McMurray is a small town in northern Alberta which is the land of the oil sands. In summary, this area is the largest oil reserve in the world, bigger than Saudia Arabia. This means that a very high percentage of the oil used in the United States is coming from this very place. We went on a 3 hour bus tour of the oil sands to see the production of oil, which is extracted from the dirt, and the repalcement of nature in the areas that have been dug up. In all honesty I was confused with all of the process, but what I can say is that there is a lot of money in this area. After our tour of the oil sands and lunch at a local restaurant we headed back to the hotel to rest and catch up on needed sleep.
Despues de levantarme a las 4 de la mañana y ir al aeropuerto para agarrar un vuelo a las 6:30 a.m. llegamos a Fort McMurray. Fort McMurray es un pueblo muy pequeño en el norte de Alberta y es la tierra de la arena petroliera. En resumen, esta area tiene la reserva de petrolio mas grande de todo el mundo, mas que Arabia saudita. Esto quiere decir que la gran parte de petrolio que se usa en los Estados Unidos, viene de este lugar. Nosotros fuimos en una visita de la arena petrolio por tres horas para ver como sacan el petrolio de la tierra, y como reemplazan la naturaleza en las areas que han excavado. Sinceramente yo estaba confundido con todo el proceso, per si se que hay mucho dinero en esta area. Despues de la visita y almuerzo en un restuarante, regresamos al hotel para descansar y dormir.
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WOW!
It is hard for me to take in all the information that you are able to share here on your blog, I can't imagine all the information your brain is trying to retain. Well, I was very intrigued by the information about the oil. I had no idea the we had a source so close to us, I feel like we have always been taught to believe that it comes from overseas...its amazing what a trip or some research can teach you.