From: "John Beamish" 

Were then and are now.  Google "tar sands".

Biggest issues:  cost ($$ and energy) of extraction and amount of water
that is used during the extraction process.

On Fri, 29 Sep 2006 11:16:09 -0400, Adam  wrote:

> John Beamish wrote:
>> "We are beginning our descent to Calgary/Edmonton/wherever airport.
>> Please put your seatbacks into the upright position.  To set your
>> watches to the local time, please turn them back 20-25 years."
>>
>
> Back to a place in North America where hydrocarbons are still plentiful?
>
> Adam

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