Oil Springs, Ont., celebrates 150 years as birthplace of petroleum industry

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Fairbank, who just bought two electric bicycles (his wife drives a Prius), said he hopes the anniversary reminds people about the value of crude oil and the need to preserve it.

“Three tablespoons, for instance, is the work of a man for eight hours,” he said.

“If you look at oil in terms of the energy it has, we