Re: [Biofuel] Oil in Alberta

2006-03-26 Thread Jack Schwartz
Zeke writes concerning Alberta oil sands: And where do they get the energy to steam heat the sands to extract the oil? One possibility: A nuclear steam plant in Alberta would reduce the cost dramatically. Convert this goo for $30 or less and we would scare the pants of XOM [Exxon-Mobil] and the

Re: [Biofuel] Oil in Alberta

2006-03-26 Thread bob allen
The current energy source for the process heat is natural gas from the north (Mackenzie?) Jack Schwartz wrote: Zeke writes concerning Alberta oil sands: And where do they get the energy to steam heat the sands to extract the oil? One possibility: A nuclear steam plant in Alberta

Re: [Biofuel] Oil in Alberta

2006-03-26 Thread robert luis rabello
bob allen wrote: The current energy source for the process heat is natural gas from the north (Mackenzie?) I once had a client whose career involved designing facilities for the oil and gas industry. He told me that the new extraction plants burn unrefinable tar solids for process

Re: [Biofuel] Oil in Alberta

2006-03-25 Thread Zeke Yewdall
And where do they get the energy to steam heat the sands to extract the oil? On 3/24/06, Evergreen Solutions [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ran across this on the BBC, interesting... http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4649580.stm ___ Biofuel mailing

Re: [Biofuel] Oil in Alberta

2006-03-25 Thread Jason Katie
The Lawn Gnomes of course. They know magic. - Original Message - From: Zeke Yewdall [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2006 9:44 PM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Oil in Alberta And where do they get the energy to steam heat the sands to extract

[Biofuel] Oil in Alberta

2006-03-24 Thread Evergreen Solutions
Ran across this on the BBC, interesting... http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4649580.stm ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: