Bibliograph

Tar sands, dirty oil and the future of a continent, Andrew Nikiforuk

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Tar sands, dirty oil and the future of a continent, Andrew Nikiforuk

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Tar sands

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

bibliographydictionaries

Oclc number

746498354

Responsibility statement

Andrew Nikiforuk

Sub title

dirty oil and the future of a continent

Table Of Contents

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

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