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Tars sand bitumen is not even really oil, and it is a whole 'nuther monster. We have already had two pipelines burst because of the stuff, and the main refinery that is being purpose made to refine it has been shut down after exploding and killing 5 people.
Look up the 2010 pipeline failure that is still mostly sitting on the bottom of the Kalamazoo River.
Tar sands bitumen is so thick you can roll it into a ball, and it has to be mixed with a solvent even to think about it flowing through a pipeline. It is also very caustic, and this is why it needs it's own special refinery, and why it makes far less fuel per barrel than even heavy sour crude.
Tar sands bitumen is proof we have passed peak oil.
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