Residents raise concerns over silica mining in Manitoba

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  • Опубліковано 3 жов 2024
  • An Alberta mining company wants to drill thousands of wells east of Winnipeg. It wants to extract ultra-pure and highly valuable silica sand. The mining company says this could be worth billions for Manitoba but some rural residents fear sand mines will compromise their only source of drinking water.

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  • @erniemajor
    @erniemajor 2 місяці тому

    3:15 - 'just applied them in a different manner''? Care to explain?

  • @GurgaGeorgiTaylor
    @GurgaGeorgiTaylor Місяць тому +1

    Its never Wrong to DO THE RIGHT THING!!! Thank you Wab Kinew = suck rocks East St Paul mayor you need to RESIGN!

  • @Nicklan1961
    @Nicklan1961 7 місяців тому +1

    Lots of Silica here in BC.how much do you want.
    What about Natural gas to run the plant BC and Alberta have lot's.

  • @SwissCheese112
    @SwissCheese112 11 місяців тому +2

    We dont want it, get it out of manitoba

  • @garthewbank2679
    @garthewbank2679 Місяць тому

    Cry me a River, there not to many good jobs around. It’s perfect

  • @DiscDriver
    @DiscDriver 7 місяців тому +1

    Nobody wants anything next door, but everybody wants smartphones, EVs, glass, etc. Life is a balancing act. I guess a collection of residents have the ability to cancel stuff like this. Myself I'd be looking for how to do manage the risks of such a project, including minimizing chance of water problems, and finding alternate water sources (yes this may suck), ensuring there's an acceptable payout if the water is affected.
    A 2 year trial isn't a viable idea - the company and its investors would reject that as it puts a HUGE amount of capital at risk. Sadly lots of projects like this will go to countries with weaker regulatory regimes where they'll use riskier extraction methods and people who suffer likely won't be compensated. But we'll have our silica products (computer hardware - which is basically everything nowadays, glass, fiber optics, etc) and sleep better knowing our water is not at any risk. And we'll NIMBY ourselves out of a lot of employment opportunity and accept the risk of that with respect to reductions in standard of living, health, and meaningful contribution to society.

    • @erniemajor
      @erniemajor 2 місяці тому +1

      '' ensuring there's an acceptable payout if the water is affected.'' Care to explain?

    • @GurgaGeorgiTaylor
      @GurgaGeorgiTaylor Місяць тому +1

      Drinking water is A PRECIOUS COMMODITY + a life sustaing need = what R 🫵🏽 talking about man = a iphone is more important = GREED = is ALL 🫵🏽⚠️about = get s life!

    • @GurgaGeorgiTaylor
      @GurgaGeorgiTaylor Місяць тому +1

      A payout!? ☢️ Obviously 🤯 your brain is FRIED!

    • @GurgaGeorgiTaylor
      @GurgaGeorgiTaylor Місяць тому +1

      If the water is EFFECTED? - watch Erin Brockivitch = Your those people 🫡🤯☢️

    • @GurgaGeorgiTaylor
      @GurgaGeorgiTaylor Місяць тому

      @@erniemajorseriously = this went right over the head!? 😮