[JulieRNR21]

FYI....I'll wager you can enlighten us all about this proposal.

[TheLurkerX]

the Canadians also have a way of separating oil electrostatically now that allows you to take out oil from "dry" wells, and return soil to the ground that you can plant in. The oil is almost as pure as that pumped out of the ground by standard means. They have prototypes running, but have met a lot of resistance from American oil companies. As soon as our environmental laws catch up, they hope to license the technique to smaller oil producers in this country. They estimate enough oil left in already drilled and abandoned wells to last long into the future.

[MinuteGal]

Sounds good to me! But out of the communes would rush the "Canadian Capers" (Canadians Against Pollution , Energy and Rightist Swindlers).

Leni

[bmwcyle]

We should have stop their bomb building years ago. Iran and Iraq are too close to big bombs.

[Capt Phoenix]

Unfortunately Canada also has something else. Something that Saudi Arabia doesn't have: evironmentalists. An even more radical and fervent (though perhaps less violent) crowd than the US. And the violence deficiency would be quickly made up by the radical WTO "flying terrorist columns".
That means your costs of extraction have to include both the massive, burdensome, and mostly counter-productive regulations that the Greens will force the legislature to pass, but also the costs of eco-terrorism and "protests". Blocked trucks, sabotaged equipment, month-long "sit-ins" (like they do in the trees to stop lumbering), and blown-up pipelines (the damage then blamed on you for your "lax security"), are only the beginnings. Add lawsuits by every left-leaning American lawyer seeking to make a name for himself (we have over half the worlds supply of lawyers).
I would dearly love to see Canada develope it's energy reserves, but I fear the enviros have that stopped before it's begun. Good luck, though! You have my best wishes!

[Kermit]

"And then maybe Canada could take the place of Saudi Arabia in the American universe. "

This could be a whole new nightmare.;^)

[manx]

OH NO!!! Does this mean the Canadians are going to start wearing towels around their heads and yelling, "DEATH TO AMERICA!!!!"??

[Blood of Tyrants]

Until the mid-1990s, producing a barrel of oil cost upwards of $15 (U.S.). That didn't leave much room for things like profits when the price of oil was at $20 — and it seemed especially ridiculous given that some OPEC countries can produce a barrel of oil for about $5 or less.

Profit over principle and peace is why big oil still hasn't told Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and the rest to pound sand.

[xm177e2]

We should give ANWR to another country. Then we wouldn't feel so guilty about taking oil from it =)

[Clive]

FYI:

BDK: Chemistry 207: Tar sands

[Free the USA]

Interesting

[Dick Bachert]

At current levels of use, we have an estimated 1,000 year supply of NATURAL GAS in the Gulf of Mexico ALONE.

Converting a gasoline engine to Liquified Natural Gas is a relatively inexpensive process.

LNG burns more cleanly than gasoline.

Why haven't we converted to LNG?

Start asking questions about that of your congresscritter and any oil company exec you can corner.

[Rodney King]

If it was economic to extract the oil from Canada, the market would do so. We wouldn't need a bunch of loser policy geeks to "decide" that we should get the oil.

Besides, why use up our oil now, I say lets use the arabs, and we'll use ours when they run out.

[Lessismore]

and it seemed especially ridiculous given that some OPEC countries can produce a barrel of oil for about $5 or less.

US crude oil consumption is about 20 million barrels a day or 7.3 billion barrels per year. I would estimate that DoD spending to ensure its flow exceeds $10 / barrel or $73 B per year. So if military costs are figured in, Alberta tar sands would seem to be cheaper that Middle Eastern oil.

[Waco]

Plenty of oil in lower 48 plus offshore anyway. Bullsh-t is the main thing stopping it. This "energy runnng out" crapola has got to stop. All P.C. B. S. PHD.

[KneelBeforeZod]

If we don't buy it? who else will?

how long do you think these opec billionaires will sit around not collecting money...not long.

[slimer]

Whoever has the most oil last, wins.