Oil is a resource that humans use in their daily lives. It's found everywhere, whether it's a child's lunch in a plastic container or the gasoline in your vehicle. People rely on oil to help them in their daily lives. Oil is practically everywhere. Surprisingly, petroleum plays a role in the production of clothing, if you go back to the machines used to make them, they most likely ran on petroleum or even the dyes that gave your outfit the bright colors were made of petroleum. So how will we get all the oil? The Alberta oil sands (also known as tar sands) are large deposits of bitumen and extremely heavy crude oil. They are located near the Athabasca River. The sands have a surface area of ​​over 40,000 km2 (2009 data); which is larger than Vancouver Island. The deposits in Canada are the second largest after those in Saudi Arabia. The Athabasca deposits are the largest known deposits of raw bitumen in the world. Of Alberta's three major oil fields, it's at the top. The only thing they don't take into consideration is respect for the environment. The environment is an important issue and many have tried to stop the development of the oil sands. Alberta land is being destroyed, as open pit mining is the oil way to get crude oil out of the ground. Open pit mining is a mining technique where rock is blasted to create a huge pit in the ground. This steals animal habitat and destroys land that could be used for agriculture. The boreal forest was cut down to make way for open-pit mining, thus eliminating 587 different species that live in the province of Alberta. Caribou are being pushed out of their preferred habitat and are caught between road construction and habitat destruction. The......middle of paper......ada fights to ensure food security for northern communities | Cultural survival. Cultural Survivial Inc., 2013. Web. 09 January 2014. .D. "Fishing." Hi BC. Destination BC Corp., 2013. Web. Jan. 9, 2014. “Salmon Farming in British Columbia PDF.” The University of British Columbia| Faculty of Law. The University of British Columbia, nd. Web. 9 January 2014. “Stakeholder Reports (Oil Sands) Pdf.” CBSR. Canadian Business for Social Responsibility, May 2009. Web. 9 January. 2014. .