Re: Will gas be over $20 a gallon by Christmas?

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> Athabaska tar sands. Economically viable at $30/bbl. Recoverable oil
> rivalling Saudi Arabia.
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> Alberta could secede from the rest of Canada and be the most powerful
> nation on the continent.

To extract oil from tar sands, it takes the energy produced from half a
barrel of oil for each barrel of oil extracted. If we have to resort to tar
sands for oil, the world economy WILL collapse.

Again, the only long-term solution is to base the world economy on something
other than oil. -Dave


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