Электронная книга: Alastair Sweeny «Black Bonanza. Canada's Oil Sands and the Race to Secure North America's Energy Future»
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What if Canada's so-called environmental nightmare was really an engineering triumph and the key to a stable and sustainable future? For years, Canadians have been hearing nothing but bad news out of the Athabasca Oil Sands. From 20th Century economists decrying it as a perpetual money-loser in the face of more easily-extracted foreign oil to green groups around the world declaring it the world's worst industrial enterprise, sometimes it seems as though no good could ever come from this so-called dirty resource. But what if developing Canada's Oil Sands was the key to bridging the gap between current petroleum-based economies and the alternative energies that aren't ready for market yet? What if it meant eliminating the threat of Peak Oil and providing economic stability not just for Canada and the rest of North America, but for the world? And what if the environmental costs of the resource were both not nearly as dire as some would have you believe, but currently better than many other options with the industry already making huge advances in sustainability, energy use and water reclamation? That's exactly the case that Alastair Sweeny, author of BlackBerry Planet, argues is at the core of the Athabasca Sands: a bright future. By digging into the past, present and future of oil sands technology, Sweeny cuts through the hype and hysteria and makes a solid and engaging case that the Sands aren't the environmental boogeyman set to destroy humanity, but rather our best hope for a truly stable and sustainable future. Издательство: "John Wiley&Sons Limited (USD)"
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Alastair Sweeny
Alastair Sweeny (born
Born in
Sweeny has managed research programs, produced reference and learning materials and consulted with many leading private and public sector organizations, including as an adviser to the Canadian government's Task Force on National Unity (the Pepin-Robarts Commission),Fact|date=March 2008
In 1989, he produced "Canadisk", Canada's first multimedia CD-ROM as a joint venture with
Sweeny has produced and written corporate history for a number of Canadian companies, including
Sweeny is currently Executive Director of the non-profit educational foundation, The Civics Channel, dedicated to research, teaching and learning in the areas of citizenship and society, politics, human rights and the justice system. He is co-author and producer of Civics Canada Online, as well as its print version, "Civics Canada" (2005), and the sponsored Canadawiki portal.
He is also Vice President of Northern Blue Publishing of
In 2008, he produced two open collaborative sites - The John A. Macdonald Portal and the Samuel de Champlain Portal - to serve as student resources on the life and works of Canada's first Prime Minister, and the founder of New France.
Bibliography
*"George-Étienne Cartier: A Biography" (McClelland & Stewart, 1976) ISBN 0-7710-8363-7
*"CanQuiz" (Key Porter, 2002) ISBN 1-55263-415-9
*"Civics Canada" (2005) ISBN 0-9738025-0-2
*"Canada: Our Story, Our People" (2005) ISBN 0-9780389-0-8
*"Canada's First People" (2006) ISBN 0-9780389-0-8
External links
* [http://www.northernblue.ca/products/index.php/Welcome_to_Northern_Blue_Publishing Northern Blue Publishing]
* [http://canadachannel.ca/index.php History of Canada Online]
* [http://www.canata.ca/index.php Canada's First People]
* [http://www.civicschannel.com/index.php Civics Canada Online]
* [http://www.civicschannel.com/indexc.php The Civics Channel]
* [http://canadawiki.org/index.php Canadawiki]
* [http://www.canadachannel.ca/pm/index.php/Welcome_to_the_John_A._Macdonald_Portal The John A. Macdonald Portal]
* [http://www.canadachannel.ca/champlain/index.php/Welcome_to_the_Samuel_de_Champlain_Portal The Samuel de Champlain Portal (bilingual)]
* [http://www1.sympatico.ca/cgi-bin/on_this_day Today in Canadian History (Bell Globemedia)]
Источник: Alastair Sweeny
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