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Originally Posted by CamaroSpike23
Canada is estimated to have a bunch of oil, however like they said, its in the sand below the surface, and it takes a lot more $$ to mine and refine it than normally.
What I want to know, is why people will bitch about $3.00 a gallon for gas, but will walk into the store and pay the same price for a 1/2 liter of Water?!?! Wiskey Tango Foxtrot[/B]
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Our tar sands require around 2 tons of sand to get 1 barrel of oil. And its really thick crap too so yes there is more refining needed than normal. But it is on the surface not under ground (see pic in my previous post). The are run like open pit mines, in fact they are the largest mines in hte world. The entire oil sands area is larger than florida. One of the problems though is that over the course of a year the temp goes from 90 degrees in the summer down to minus 20 in the winter. The workers don't mind that much but the ground goes from rock hard in the winter to something akin to raw bread dough in the heat and 400 ton dumptrucks tend not to like that. The cost of production is only about $15/barrel, about double the cost compared to conventional methods in North America.
And as far as the water vs gas thing goes, I laugh every time i hear it. Personally, I've always wondered how so many people pay so much for water that is nearly the same as what comes from the tap, which you can use to fill reusable bottles.