Their water, fishing, and hunting traditions were at risk-as was their health, with more rare and unusual cancers being diagnosed. First Nations communities who had inhabited the new ground zero for tar sands oil development for thousands of years began voicing concerns. Not everyone could turn a blind eye to the havoc wrought by tar sands, though. It had the backing of the Canadian government and U.S. “It was a blight on the boreal,” says Susan Casey-Lefkowitz, NRDC’s chief program officer and a policy advocate for the organization’s Canada work at the time. By 2004, Canadian production of tar sands oil had reached one million barrels per day-with much of the output bound for the United States-and Big Oil had ambitious plans to expand. Extracting and converting tar sands into usable fuel is a hugely expensive energy- and water-intensive endeavor that involves strip mining giant swaths of land and creating loads of toxic waste and air and water pollution.ĭespite these economic and environmental costs, a race to make money from this dirty fuel was kicked off in the mid-1990s by rising oil prices. From unsavory characters to hilarious charmers, they all have secret motives to uncover.Knight was describing tar sands, a sludgy deposit of sand, clay, water, and sticky, black bitumen (used to make synthetic oil) that lies beneath northern Alberta’s boreal forest in a region the size of Florida. People who will do anything to make rent. In a desperate world you'll meet desperate people. Including the surreal!Ĭlearly you've been framed.
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You need to keep your wits about you, because in an office full of backstabbers, anything can and will happen. Because it's not just sales numbers that you need to keep your eye on. All you gotta do is reach out and grab it! How many leads can you pitch and sell? Can you bag the top leads? Will you take advantage of easy prey, or tackle deals with honor? Play the Sleuthĭo I have your attention? Good. A homeless derelict with clues to a mystery. A flamboyant salesman with no concept of failure. An opportunistic coworker out to steal your money. Make Friends First, Sales SecondĪn office is a place where dreams come true. your choice will change Frank's story - at work and at home. Will you be a model father and go home and play with your kids? Or will you go out on another sit and close that elusive buyer? Go too far down one path and there will be consequences. On top of those choices, you'll need to balance your family life with your work life. Will you take the high road and stick to your principles, or take the low road and chase the easy money? Whichever path you take, you'll discover multiple endings based on the choices you've made and whether you succeed or fail in those choices. You can't change your past, but you can change your future! You've made a mistake that has ruined your family. Learn what they like, study their habits, memorize what you can about them, and get them to sign on the line which is dotted! The Birth of a Salesman you better prove your worth if you want that cup of joe!Įvery day you'll have chances to make a sale. But you know what salesmen say about coffee. You'll probably close one of your leads today, but can you close two leads a day? You're gonna need some caffeine for that. What will it be tomorrow? Choose a Lead, Go on a Sit, and Close 'em! Every day brings new characters to meet, new events to experience, and new stories to be told. At the start of every day, you begin out front of an unassuming, drab strip mall, where Pure Sky Properties is tucked away. Will you cast aside your ethics for a quick buck, or will you take the high road and find a way to scrape by honestly? Something New Every Day Step into the shoes of Frank Marsh, a newly hired salesman for Pure Sky Properties, a real estate office where coffee is for closers and the status quo is hawking swamp land to unsuspecting buyers for a tidy profit.
About This Game Dirty Land is a game about real estate, crime, and desperation, inspired by classic sales movies of the 80s and 90s.
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