By 2030 how many barrels does Alberta plan to produce per day
5 million
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How are tar sands obtained? (2)
Opencast mining or pumped out
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What are tar sands composed of?
Sand, water and hydrocarbon tail (bitumen)
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Costs of exploiting tar sands (6)
1) Very expensive 2) Very energy intestive 3) Large source of GHGs 4) Huge quantities of water (finite) 5 Huge quantities of waste & environmental destruction 6) Removal of trees, shrubs & soils
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Benefits of exploiting tar sands (4)
1) Alternative when conventional not avaliable 2) Additional source until more renewable & cleaner fuels can be developed 3) Mining companies have to reclaim the land disturbed 4) Oil is vital to the Canadian economy
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Why may conventional sources not be available? (2)
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