[b_sharp]

"Right, heat alone ~ and it helps to sift the stuff around so you can break up the little pockets ~ kind of like getting juice from oranges on an industrial scale.

FWIW, most of the Alberta and so far all of the Sask oil sands oil has been extracted through steam. The lower the Bitumen level the more steam is used as an extraction method.

The OP made an unsubstantiated claim based on a low knowledge level and presented it in such a way as to imply her information was as valid as any other.

"...so maybe you might want to readdress the ABRUPT answer you gave"

What was ABRUPT about my post?

The OP has been more than a little shrill in her rejection of anything evolutionary and has shown little to no desire to temper her posts based on her obvious knowledge level. If she wants to learn I would be happy to contribute what I little I can but she needs to recognize her ignorance for what it is and not pretend to a certainty of knowledge she doesn't have.

I have no problem with people with a lower level of knowledge in a given area than I have just as I have no problem with people with a higher level of knowledge.

[muawiyah]

You did check that ref I gave you though ~ the language is strikingly similar to hers. Apparantly the stuff in Africa has a different fosil layer above it.

I think your correspondent there is younger than you imagine.