The Register® — Biting the hand that feeds IT   Brit hover
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brought to you yesterday  Fort McMurray Today reports from a
transportation planning meeting hosted in Alberta by energy
companies and local government, seeking to find ways to get
access for oil exploitation to remote areas. The Alberta
provincial government estimates that there are oil reserves of
173 billion barrels accessible with today's technology in the
region, and is understandably interested in getting them out.
Thus far, transportation to support oilsands energy projects has
been conventional, involving new roads capable of carrying heavy
equipment and big expensive construction efforts far from
heavily-populated areas.  But it could be easier and cheaper to
bring in mostly prefabricated, mo