Chuck
08-30-2008, 01:05 PM
"Their projected rates of expansion are so fast that we don't have a hope in hell of reducing greenhouse gas emissions," - Dr. David Schindler - environmental scientist (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/23/AR2008082301079.html)
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/501/bigtruck.jpgRob Gillies - AP - Aug 23, 2008
Possibly strip mining on an unprecedented scale? -- Ed.
Fort McMurray, Alberta -- The largest dump truck in the world is parked under a massive mechanical shovel waiting to transport 400 tons of oily sand at an open pit mine in the northern reaches of Alberta.
Each Caterpillar 797B heavy hauler _ three-stories high, with tires twice as tall as the average man _ carries the equivalent of 200 barrels of heavy oil worth $23,000 per haul at today's prices.
"It's like sitting on your back porch and driving your house," said Todd Dahlman, the manager of Shell Canada's Muskeg River open pit oil sands mine in Alberta's Athabasca region… http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/23/AR2008082301079.html
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/501/bigtruck.jpgRob Gillies - AP - Aug 23, 2008
Possibly strip mining on an unprecedented scale? -- Ed.
Fort McMurray, Alberta -- The largest dump truck in the world is parked under a massive mechanical shovel waiting to transport 400 tons of oily sand at an open pit mine in the northern reaches of Alberta.
Each Caterpillar 797B heavy hauler _ three-stories high, with tires twice as tall as the average man _ carries the equivalent of 200 barrels of heavy oil worth $23,000 per haul at today's prices.
"It's like sitting on your back porch and driving your house," said Todd Dahlman, the manager of Shell Canada's Muskeg River open pit oil sands mine in Alberta's Athabasca region… http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/23/AR2008082301079.html