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9781553655558

Tar Sands Dirty Oil and the Future of a Continent, Revised and Updated Edition

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  • Edition: Revised
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2010-07-29
  • Publisher: Greystone Books
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The Alberta tar sands could make Canada the world's second greatest oil exporter by 2050. Although growth has been tempered by the global financial crisis, U.S., Asian, and European investors are still pouring billions of dollars into the megaproject. To extract the world's ugliest, most expensive hydrocarbon, we are polluting our air, poisoning our water, destroying vast areas of boreal forest, and undermining democracy itself. In this new edition of his provocative bestseller, Andrew Nikiforuk assesses recent developments, refutes industry's claim that steam plants are a "greener" way to extract bitumen, and argues more convincingly than ever that it is folly to stake our future on dirty oil. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Declaration of a Political Emergencyp. 1
Canada's Great Reservep. 6
It Ain't Oilp. 11
The Vision of Herman Kahnp. 18
Highway to Hellp. 38
The Water Baronsp. 60
The Pondsp. 82
The Fiction of Reclamationp. 102
Dragons and Pipelinesp. 112
Carbon: A Wedding and a Funeralp. 127
Nukes for Oil!p. 146
The Moneyp. 157
The First Law of Petropoliticsp. 171
Eighth Wonder of the Worldp. 187
Tar Age Aheadp. 192
Twelve Steps to Energy Sanityp. 200
Afterwordp. 206
Sources and Further Informationp. 220
North American Oil Pipelinesp. 244
GHG Emissions from U.S. Diesel Fuel Productionp. 246
The Problem with Steam Plantsp. 247
Acknowledgementsp. 259
Indexp. 261
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