Tar sands [electronic resource] : dirty oil and the future of a continent / Andrew Nikiforuk.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781553656272 (electronic bk.)
- Physical Description: 1 electronic text (268 p.) : ill., maps, digital file.
- Edition: Rev. and updated.
- Publisher: Vancouver [B.C.] : Greystone Books, 2010
Content descriptions
General Note: | Co-published by the David Suzuki Foundation. Issued as part of the desLibris books collection. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | 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. |
Restrictions on Access Note: | Access restricted to authorized users and institutions. |
Additional Physical Form available Note: | Also available in print version. |
System Details Note: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Subject: | Oil sands industry > Environmental aspects > Canada. Oil sands industry > Economic aspects > Canada. Oil sands > Environmental aspects > Alberta Fort McMurray (Alta.) > Social conditions. |
Genre: | Electronic books. |