GEO 605 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Capitalism, Norman Wells, Natural-Gas Processing
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People are thinking how can they get it. Before pipeline, they will have to figure out the lca (land claim agreement) Aboriginal people are united to go against pipeline. Delay 10 years until lca is settled. Young: gas development is the way for them to get out of the poverty. Caribou cabbing grounds used as example when we say no to development. How to get the resources from north to the south. North has been as rich in mineral resources. The challenge is to build infrastructure for extractions and get it to market. Gold, silver, and precious metals with diamonds are easy resources to transport. Mackenzie valley pipeline begins in the 1960s and began the first instance of environmental assessment. The by-product of that processing include ethane, propane (used for. Amc and all buildings are heated by natural gas. Described as the cleanest of the fossil fuels. When burning methane in the process of combusting, produces heat, water, and co2.