Tar Sands critically examines the frenzied development in
the Canadian tar sands and the far-reaching implications for
all of North America. Bitumen, the sticky stuff that
ancients used to glue the Tower of Babel together, is the
world’s most expensive hydrocarbon. This difficult-to-find
resource has made Canada the number-one supplier of oil to
the United States, and every major oil company now owns a
lease in the Alberta tar sands. The region has become a
global Deadwood, complete with rapturous engineers,
cut-throat cocaine dealers, Muslim extremists, and a huge
population of homeless individuals. In this award-winning
book, a Canadian bestseller, journalist Andrew Nikiforuk
exposes the disastrous environmental, social, and political
costs of the tar sands, arguing forcefully for change. This
updated edition includes new chapters on the most
energy-inefficient tar sands projects (the steam plants), as
well as new material on the controversial carbon cemeteries
and nuclear proposals to accelerate bitumen production.
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