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To: miraje who wrote (185776)11/8/2006 10:54:02 PM
From: quehubo  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 793882
 
25 years from now these may make a difference. North America cannot even provide enough natural gas to support oil sands without driving up prices. The nat gas used for oil sands is being replaced by LNG from guess where?



To: miraje who wrote (185776)11/8/2006 11:16:09 PM
From: ManyMoose  Respond to of 793882
 
I'm not all that excited about digging up the entire Great Plains to get at that coal, however. ANWR is a postage stamp in a 40 acre pasture. The coal fields are a sheet buried under the whole shebang.

I'd much rather go for a cheaper alternative energy source.



To: miraje who wrote (185776)11/9/2006 10:10:18 AM
From: Triffin  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 793882
 
Jim ..

Oil sands,oil shales and coal to liquids are
huge resource bases, but no matter how much
money we throw at them .. they have little
likelihood of scaling up production sufficient
to replace present consumption of traditional
crudes .. The potential extraction rates are a
real problem for these 'resources' ..

Triff ..