[Ost-news] Tar Sands: Grist

[Oil Sands Truth: Shut down the Tar Sands - social and environmental impacts of tar sands heavy oil projects across North America]

The tar sands  
Canada's version of liquid coal  
Posted by Joseph Romm  
11 Oct 2007

Canada has about as much recoverable oil in its tar sands as Saudi Arabia has conventional oil. They should leave most of it in the ground.

Tar sands are pretty much the heavy gunk they sound like, and making liquid fuels from them requires huge amounts of energy for steam injection and refining. Canada is currently producing about one million barrels of oil a day from the tar sands, and that is projected to triple over the next two decades.

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    [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/tar-sands-grist

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