>> Alberta's three oil sand deposits - Athabasca, Cold Lake, and Peace
>> River - contain resources that could supply Canada's energy needs for
>> more than 475 years, or total world needs for up to 15 years. The
>> production potential of all the oil sand deposits could be as high as
>> 2.5 trillion barrels of bitumen (five times more than the
>> conventional oil reserves in Saudi Arabia). The Athabasca deposit is
>> twice the size of Lake Ontario.
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> So when do you think the US Marines will liberate Alberta from the
> oppression by the murderous Quebecois regime?
>
> Wojtek
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Really, I have friends in Alberta who wouldn't care to see their portion of paradise turned into a third world industrial production center for a fuel as dirty as coal.
Shell says *IT'S* Bitumen can actually improve air quality.
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About Shell Bitumen
At Shell we have over eighty years' experience of manufacturing and developing bitumen products. Throughout the last eight decades we have been leaders in the science and ethics of the bitumen industry.
We continually strive to produce new, more efficient, safer, and environmentally friendly forms of bitumen (which can produce asphalt that actually improves air quality).
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Oxygen ?% and dropping..... Ask the BoD @ Shell if they *really* care?
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