Originally Posted by areyoushittin'me?

You repeat that and ignored my comment...I didn't necessarily expect a response but I also didn't expect you to repeat it...so I shall ask you directly...why does "tar sands" bring "shale oil" to mind?

Are you aware that they are two distinctly different types of formations carrying two distinctly different types of product?

Also...we are a long way off from even possibly tapping into the tar sands (upon re-reading this post, that should have read "shale oil", not "tar sands") commercially...in fact was it not you that provided the link to the study that shows that? Perhaps it was someone else...can't remember...anyway, have a look...

http://www.npc.org/Study_Topic_Paper...Oil-Shales.pdf