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100 1 Nikiforuk, Andrew,|d1955-
245 10 Tar sands :|bdirty oil and the future of a continent /
|cAndrew Nikiforuk.
250 Rev. and updated.
264 1 Vancouver ;|bGreystone Books ;|c[2010]
264 2 [Berkeley, CA] :|bDistributed in the U.S. by Publishers
Group West,|c[2010]
264 4 |c©2010
300 1 online resource (268 pages) :|billustrations, maps
336 text|btxt|2rdacontent
337 computer|bc|2rdamedia
338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier
500 Co-published by the David Suzuki Foundation.
504 Includes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 Declaration of a political emergency -- 1. Canada's great
reserve -- 2. It ain't oil -- 3. The vision of Herman Kahn
-- 4. Highway to Hell -- 5. The water barons -- 6. The
ponds -- 7. The fiction of reclamation -- 8. Dragons and
pipelines -- 9. Carbon: a wedding and a funeral -- 10.
Nukes for oil! -- 11. The money -- 12. The first law of
petropolitics -- 13. Eighth wonder of the world -- 14. Tar
age ahead -- Twelve steps to energy sanity -- Afterword --
Sources and further information -- Appendix I. North
American oil pipelines -- Appendix II. GHG emissions from
U.S. diesel fuel production -- Appendix III. The problem
with steam plants -- Acknowledgements -- Index.
520 "Tar Sands critically examines the frenzied development in
the Canadian tar sands and the far-reaching implications
for all of North America. Bitumen, the sticky stuff that
ancients used to glue the Tower of Babel together, is the
world's most expensive hydrocarbon. This difficult-to-find
resource has made Canada the number-one supplier of oil to
the United States, and every major oil company now owns a
lease in the Alberta tar sands. The region has become a
global Deadwood, complete with rapturous engineers, cut-
throat cocaine dealers, Muslim extremists, and a huge
population of homeless individuals. In this award-winning
book, a Canadian bestseller, journalist Andrew Nikiforuk
exposes the disastrous environmental, social, and
political costs of the tar sands, arguing forcefully for
change. This updated edition includes new chapters on the
most energy-inefficient tar sands projects (the steam
plants), as well as new material on the controversial
carbon cemeteries and nuclear proposals to accelerate
bitumen production"--Provided by publisher.
588 0 Print version record.
650 0 Oil sands industry|xEnvironmental aspects|zCanada.
650 0 Oil sands industry|xEconomic aspects|zCanada.
650 0 Oil sands|xEnvironmental aspects|zAlberta|zFort McMurray
Region.
650 0 Human ecology|xStudy and teaching.
650 0 Environmental engineering.
650 7 TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING|xPetroleum.|2bisacsh
650 7 Oil sands|xEnvironmental aspects.|2fast
|0(OCoLC)fst01044738
650 7 Oil sands industry|xEconomic aspects.|2fast
|0(OCoLC)fst01044751
650 7 Oil sands industry|xEnvironmental aspects.|2fast
|0(OCoLC)fst01044753
650 7 Social conditions.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01919811
651 0 Fort McMurray (Alta.)|xSocial conditions.
651 7 Alberta|zFort McMurray.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01214931
651 7 Alberta|zFort McMurray Region.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01342064
651 7 Canada.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01204310
710 2 David Suzuki Foundation.
776 08 |iPrint version:|aNikiforuk, Andrew, 1955-|tTar sands.
|bRev. and updated.|dVancouver ; Berkeley, [CA] :
Greystone Books ; [Berkeley, CA] : Distributed in the U.S.
by Publishers Group West, ©2010|z9781553655558
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