Sand Rails Canada
Part B of “Should the United States share in the responsibility of carbon emissions from the oil sands”?
Ok this is the second half of this question http://ca.answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AhyUuddI1VGyRCzj_IZ1WAjAFQx.;_ylv=3?qid=20091213193634AAbZFvq
Ok, so far there were seven responses to the first question and it seems that the idea wasn’t a popular one.
How about plan B then.
If the US wants the oil from the tar sands, Canada could reduce its carbon output by simply shipping the raw bitumen to the US by rail to be processed in Montana. It could be processed with American water and American energy. Of course the shipping of the bitumen would increase the cost of the oil and where the water supply and energy to extract the oil comes has to be considered.
Do you think this would be a viable solution?
How about if the US did not import tarsands oil at all?
BMR, it’s that preliminary upgrading that will result in the tar sands emitting more CO2 than many large European nations by 2020
I think that Canada should stop exporting tarsands oil, stop building new mines, and use the existing mines for Canadian consumption only until they run out while we build a green energy infrastructure. Canada can replace all of the fossil fuels produced in Canada (including those currently exported to the US) using only 5% of our land area for biofuel plantations. 17% of the total would replace coal fired electricity, 62% would replace fossil oil with synthetic pyrolysis oil and 21% would replace natural gas. This is based on the assumption that the average yield of dry biomass is 2 kg/m^2 or higher. I measured a 2 kg/m^2 yield on a test plot this summer. The problem for the oil industry is that the resource is currently owned by millions of small landowners and the problem for governments is that it will be difficult to tax energy produced by small landowners for their own use.
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