Oil Sands Truth: Shut Down the Tar Sands

Energy

Energy and how it is captured and consumed is barely viable in tar sands production. While the amount of oil in places such as the tar sands in Alberta or the Orinoco Belt in Venezuela may have deposits of similar size to the reserves of countries such as Saudi Arabia or Iraq, the return of new energy after expending energy in production is not even close. In Iraq, the process of using one barrel of oil generates 100 new barrels. In the tar sands, estimates of 3 to 1 and even as low as 1.5 to 1 have been made. Offsetting the net energy loss would require minimally 25-30 tar sands facilities for one Saudi plant operating at the same capacity.

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Highway for Mining from NWT to Nunavut?

Road to coast preferable to highway
Guy Quenneville
Northern News Services
Published Monday, July 20, 2009

SOMBA K'E/YELLOWKNIFE - In Lou Covello's mind, the NWT and Nunavut chamber's most controversial suggestion is not the development of mining towns but the construction of a road through the Slave Geological Province - host to a considerable concentration of mineral deposits - from Yellowknife to the Coronation Gulf.

The proposed road would be more economically rewarding than the Mackenzie Valley Highway, said Covello, the president of the NWT Nunavut Chamber of Mines.

Alberta seeks input on bitumen royalties

Alberta seeks input on bitumen royalties
By Jason Fekete, Calgary Herald
July 21, 2009

CALGARY - The Stelmach government is expected to ask energy producers today for their interest in a new provincial bitumen royalty-in-kind policy, as the premier faces mounting criticism for failing to keep his promise to stem the flow of oilsands to the United States.

The pieces are in place

The pieces are in place
By Chris Dunker
Daily Sun staff writer
Tuesday, Jul 14, 2009

On its way from Alberta, Canada to Pavoka, Ill., the Keystone Pipeline, being constructed and operated by the TransCanada Corporation, will soon be passing through the region near Steele City.

Keystone Pipeline is a $5.2 billion project that will ultimately flow oil from Alberta to refineries in Illinois. Despite a tropical June, contractors are pushing to finish the job through Nebraska in 2009.

Opti's future hinges on tar sands performance

It MUST be noted that Opti-- whose parent corporation is Ormat, an Israeli energy company-- needs to make this commercial venture work for several reasons, the most important being that this "project" would help provide the technology to make Israel "energy self-sufficient". Destroying the Negev is high on the priority list for Israel; this project is nothing but a laboratory for future exploitation of the vast (yet crappy quality) oil shale in historical Palestine.

Chevron: Invest in Richmond's Future (Bay Area, California)

Chevron: Invest in Richmond's Future

New America Media, Commentary, Jeff Ritterman
Jul 19, 2009

The Beaver Lake Cree Nation vs the Tar Sands

July 15th, 2009

The following article was written by Drew Mildon, a lawyer at the Canadian law firm Woodward and Company. Woodward and Company is overseeing the Beaver Lake Cree Nation law suit against the Government of Canada.

At what price 'white man's money'?

The candidates vying to succeed Grand Chief Phil Fontaine next week pretty much agree that economic development is the key to prosperity for Canada's native people. Many others, however, fear the cost. The Globe and Mail's Shawn McCarthy reports

Shawn McCarthy OTTAWA - From Saturday's Globe and Mail
Saturday, Jul. 18, 2009

Each spring, Art Sterritt and his family gather at his wife's ancestral home among B.C.'s Gitga'at people to harvest seaweed, clams and cockles on the shores of Hartley Bay near Kitimat.

Canada dead last on climate change

Canada dead last on climate change
We can no longer use the U.S. as an excuse for inaction
GERALD BUTTS, Freelance
Published: Wednesday, July 08

Here is a sobering thought to consider as Canada prepares to assume the presidency of the G8 following this week's meeting in Italy: Canada has for the first time replaced the United States as the worst performer on tackling climate change among G8 nations. This was revealed in the recent G8 Climate Scorecard, released jointly by WWF, the global conservation organization, and the global insurance company Allianz.

THE Liberal Party of Canada will help destroy the world.

Head in the sands
North Shore News
Published: Wednesday, July 08, 2009

THE Liberal Party of Canada will help destroy the world.

That's the message delivered to Albertans this week by Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff. Presumably he is hoping it will be enough to get him elected.

Let's cut the top off of Colorado, flip it and spin it, burn it-- Freedom!

OIL FROM STONE: SECURING AMERICA'S ENERGY FUTURE

Rising prices and security concerns raise important questions about America's energy options. Currently, the United States imports 66 percent of its oil -- about 4.7 billion barrels per year or 9,000 barrels every minute. However, there are vast amounts of oil shale -- a type of rock rich in kerogen, an organic sedimentary material -- which can be converted into high-quality liquid fuels, says H. Sterling Burnett, a senior fellow, and Tomas Castella, a research assistant, both with the National Center for Policy Analysis.