How to make gasoline from tar sands, in six simple steps

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How to make gasoline from tar sands, in six simple steps

Ever wonder about the future of energy? Will it be wind? Solar? Geothermal? No wait, I got it, tar sands! (Let’s try that again — tar sands! ) They’ve got everything oil does, but they’re harder to get, crappier when you get them, and leave a much bigger mark on the climate. Sounds like a winner . Let’s look a little closer, shall we? First off, what are tar sands? Tar sands are deposits of about 90 percent sand or sandstone, water, and clay mixed with only about 10 percent high-sulfur bitumen , a viscous black petroleum sludge rich in hydrocarbons, also known as “natural asphalt.” The Athabasca reserves, in Alberta, Canada, estimated to hold about 170 billion barrels, are the site of the only commercial tar-sands operation in the world. (Though, spoiler alert, that’s about to change.) It’s one of the largest industrial programs on the planet and could eventually cover an ...

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This just makes leaving the incredibly destructive tar sands that much better - [link]
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The ugly Tar Sand process explained.... [link]
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@mmschuler » 24 Jan '13, 10pm
It takes approx four tons of tar sands and 170gal of water to produce 42gal of gasoline. [link]
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Tragically hilarious commentary on tar sands from comedian Jim Meyer. Step 1. Change the name from tar sands to... [link]
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Did you know the Alberta tar sands uses more fresh, clean, drinkable water to get the tar out of the sand than a... [link]
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O que são as Areias Betuminosas, ou Tar Sands? [link]
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An example of not solving the problem... mass destruction through tar sands in 6 simple steps: [link] Thanks @grist
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@grist gives pointers on how to spin gold from "natural asphalt": [link]
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@JimHarris @Adam_Giambrone And yet the Tar Sands uses 4 barrels of water to make one barrel of synthetic oil. [link]
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A humorous, 6-step process for refining tar sands, by @jimmy2bad [link] | The less-funny reality [link]
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A good (and humorous) introduction into steps required for extracting oil from tar sands. Not pretty. [link]
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