So , every day , massive excavators rip apart the Boreal forest ( also known as the lungs of Canada ) to get at the soggy oil sand below , and then millions of gallons of pristine Athabascan water are intentionally spoiled in order to boil the oil out of the dirt ( or is it the dirt out of the oil ? ) . Canadian northwest rich in what is essentially oil-soaked dirt . The oil sands are a huge resource that can be extracted from the ground and burned to produce energy, but it's also very difficult to get out of the ground. VBS goes to Alberta to document impact on ecology , economy .
Canadian northwest rich in what is essentially oil-soaked dirt . The oil sands are a huge resource that can be extracted from the ground and burned to produce energy, but it's also very difficult to get out of the ground. VBS goes to Alberta to document impact on ecology , economy .