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Originally Posted by Boblobla
I am just curious how you would get the tar sands, or bitumen, depending on the method of extraction to the plant that is away from the oil sands.
Trucking? Do you have any idea how large scale some of these operations area and the numer of vehicles that would be required to do this? I am pretty sure that trucks burn diesel...
Pipeline? How are you going to heat this product in the pipeline? I am pretty sure that you would BURN NATURAL GAS.
Are you aware there is some companies that do transport the product to an offsite area? Do you know where their plants are? Montana.
So you take the resources from Canada and then give the profit to the States? Is that what you are advocating here? I am just wondering if you have actually done any sort of research before you make some of these suggestions.
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Well I think he was referring to a nuke plant so I think your post doesn't really make much sense. The nuke plant would supply the heat to allow for the processing and upgrading to be handled locally.
And right now would be a great time to stop throwing stones at him. You don't understand the discussion going on here and you don't understand the economics of upgrading. All these resources at the end of the day need to cross a border and preferably the US border so I don't get your sensitivity to crude going to Montana. If you do, please do yourself a favor and never research where almost every single crude line leaving Edmonton ends up ... it's not a pretty sight for those who want the crude to stay here.