The Alberta tar sands are in full production now, and have been since oil went over $30 a bbl. Its really dirty work - basically strip mining an area to get this bitumen soaked sand and shale, then processing it to extract the oil. The pay is great, but the work is ugly. (it helps when your father was one of the people who first proposed mining the tar sands deposits in the 60's for Shell Oil.
larry On 6/22/05, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is a possibility. If oil goes to $70 a gallon, all sorts of things > become economical. Here are some others: > > Oil shale: > > http://www.worldenergy.org/wec-geis/publications/reports/ser/shale/shale.asp > > Oil sands (bitumen): > > http://www.worldenergy.org/wec-geis/publications/reports/ser/bitumen/bitumen.asp > > These are two enormous potential sources of oil that have barely been tapped > because, until recently, the economics were not there to produce and sell the > oil at a reasonable price. > > The WEC has a bunch of other links to worldwide data on every possible sort > of energy source you could think of, and some (like Tidal energy) you may not > have considered as potential energy sources. > > Ultimately we need to get away from fossil fuels. > > > > >http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&q=brazil+ethanol&btnG=Search+News > > > >--- On Wednesday, June 22, 2005 4:47 PM, Larry C. Lyons scribed: --- > >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:161668 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
