Comments about ‘Earth Energy Resources Inc. eyes Utah's oil sands’

Oil sands require double or greater the amount of energy to produce than regular oil. For every unit of oil produced up to 4 units of water are required. The highest yielding sands produce no more than one barrel of oil from 2 tons of material. Enormous amounts of electricity are required as well. While these strip mines are generally reclaimed, the environmental damage is immense throughout the process, especially in fragile areas such as Utah. So think long and hard about whether you really want this mess in Utah. The process works in Alberta because they have high quality oil sands, almost unlimited access to water, and vast stretches of swampy forest. These same conditions are NOT found in Utah.

There are two quotes there that give the willies:

"We will have the greenest oil sands mine on the planet," Snarr said.

Greenest oil sands mine? Sounds like a snake oil pitch to me.

"There has been a reconciliation between the oil sands and the environment,"

That's code language for "The environment lost. It fought hard, but we kicked its butt."

Environmental reconciliation. That's an oxymoron if I ever heard one. Look at a picture of an oil sands mine and you'll see quite clearly the reconciliation that the environment experienced. Reconciliation indeed. This is a disaster for Utah. At least it's only on State lands, not Federal.

There are two quotes there that give the willies:

"We will have the greenest oil sands mine on the planet," Snarr said.

Greenest oil sands mine? Sounds like a snake oil pitch to me.

"There has been a reconciliation between the oil sands and the environment,"

That's code language for "The environment lost. It fought hard, but we kicked its butt."

Environmental reconciliation. That's an oxymoron if I ever heard one. Look at a picture of an oil sands mine and you'll see quite clearly the reconciliation that the environment experienced. Reconciliation indeed. This is a disaster for Utah. At least it's only on State lands, not Federal.