Refined

This image counterbalances the nostalgia with a bit of modern day refinery. It is but a small part of the plant that has sprung up within the last 15 years in the area nearby the farm as transnational global oil has moved in to take advantage of compulsory acquisition and the huge boom in energy extraction Alberta is presently experiencing. For miles around they have bought out and cleared farms, totally removing all trace of the previous inhabitants and their histories. In fifty years, when the machinery goes, I doubt even the memories will remain.