So, my disappointment at BP shareholders failing to vote in favor of transparency for one of the most polluting operation in the world and my lack of work concentration on this sunny Friday afternoon spurred an infantile (and slightly scatological) tune... ... ah, well at least I got a good laugh out of it!
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Rad video man, i think that it,s a really a goods idea. Keep the good videos coming.
ReplyDeleteRohnaldo, Brasil.
ok. so while I was nice enough to make toasts for my drunk boyfriend he nicely took my computer and decided to post a fake message from a brasilian because "everyone loves a foreign person"...and i don't know how to erase it so....i'll just denounce: the above message is a fraud, i don't have a fan called Rohnaldo and he did not make those fake mistakes either. Sorry.
ReplyDeleteHey there Karine, found your website from having watched Charlie Veitch's interview with you.
ReplyDeleteAbout a year and a half ago I actually lived in Fort McMurray, Alberta, which is the major city near the oil sands.....incredibly, as I was driving around one day I heard a "public service announcement" on the radio, done jointly by one of the largest oil companies and the city of fort mcmurray, which I'm going to paraphrase for you, just to fill you in on the "alleged" river pollution.
Essentially what was said (in a very casual, "no big deal" tone) was that due to the oil operations, mass amounts of waste were being leaked into the water, and that that had been happening for quite some time. However, the problem was being looked into (much in the same way that the BP oil spill is being "looked into", with the problem still occurring daily, and a solution distant on the horizon)
Just thought you might appreciate a first hand account of exactly how the big powers were handling it. :P
Wow, what a polite way of saying "we're fully aware we're screwing you over but not yet fully aware of how we're going to do anything about it" ...(and our lawyers said not to say anything else :)
ReplyDeleteI'm thinking of going to Alberta for the documentary, can you think of anyone interesting to meet there?
The only thing that comes to mind is the people of Fort McMurray.....the vibe I got from the town was almost what I'd imagine a mafia-controlled town being like.....everyone was happy on the surface because they were making good money, but it had a very dark underbelly, and generally everyone kept to themselves......however, it seemed to me that most people I talked to, if I could get them to open up, knew a lot about what was going on there, especially the ones who had lived there for a long time.
ReplyDeleteWhile I lived there I worked for the GM dealership in town, and I can think of at least one person there who could possibly have an interesting perspective.....I know that a GM employee isn't what you'd first think of when you're deciding who to interview about the environment, but the shipping clerk there Harold was a kind of friendly loner who I could tell had a lot of first hand knowledge of fort mcmurray, and the oil sands.
Anyway, if that interests you at all, and you do go to fort mcmurray, give me an email ahead of time and I'll give you the details on when/how to talk to him. If you mention that you know me he'd probably open up right off the bat.
erikmclennan@gmail.com
Good luck Karine! :)