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Skriven 2008-08-26 09:01:51 av Glen Jamieson
     Kommentar till en text av Jim Weller
Ärende: OT - OIL PRICES 80826
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 -=> Quoting Jim Weller to Glen Jamieson <=-

 GJ> So why isn't there frantic activity getting the oil sands production
 JW> There is! Billions are being spent and Fort McMurray is like a black
 JW> hole sucking up all the construction materials and manpower from the
 JW> rest of western Canada. It even affects construction up here.
 JW> It has been in production for some time; but it is expanding like
 JW> crazy.

 JW> In 1921 Alcan Oil Company started to refine the heavy oil there
 JW> experimentally with hot water extraction on a small scale and the
 JW> population grew to a few hundred. Fort McMurray got a railway as a
 JW> result and Yellowknife was more accessible from there by water than
 JW> it had been before with a trail that started in northwestern
 JW> Alberta.
 JW> In 1967, the Great Canadian Oil Sands (now Suncor) plant opened a
 JW> huge plant. That was also the year I graduated from high school and
 JW> a lot of my classmates went there for the high paying jobs. The
 JW> population went from 500 in 1966 to 35000 in 1986.

 JW> It of course took off again recently and the population doubled in 6
 JW> years from 35000 to 70000 with several thousand more temporary
 JW> workers living in camps two weeks at a time and going home for two

That is a lot of people!  How is the oil extracted?  Sounds as if it is
rather labour-intensive.  Is oil railed from there, or refined on site?

 GJ> Have you got Mounties
 GJ> sitting there on their horses, ready to defend your oil sands from
 GJ> invaders from the South?
 
 JW> And Bush's sinister comments.

Yes.  Worry!
 
 GJ> Only Toyota is continuing to make a profit.  (Maybe because
 GJ> they make better cars.)
 JW> 
 JW> Better, and smaller.

That too, but the mid-sized Camry is quite economical.
 
 GJ> So in the future, as Canukstan will have more oil than anyone else

 JW> We're #2. Saudi Arabia is still #1.

For the present, but I was guessing that your reserves would be more
likely to last longer.
 
 GJ> and Australia has more uranium than anyone, we should be able to do a
 GJ> deal, and between us, control the world!

 JW> Quiet! You want to get us both invaded?

I know, but you are in the most dangerous situation, surrounded by
predators.  Our greatest danger is populous Indonesia, armed with dried
durians and using poison gas made by combining durian extract with
terasi and birds-eye chilis.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.05
 
      Title: DAGING MASAK BALI / MEAT IN HOT & SPICY SAUCE
 Categories: Indonesian, Asian, Asia-se, Java, Chilli
      Yield: 1 Batch
 
      2 tb Oil- vegetable
    500 g  Beef- round steak
           -thinly sliced
      1 c  Water
      2 tb Sauce- dark soy
           -or Javanese soy
      2 ts Sugar- palm or brown
      1 tb Juice- lime
           Salt
           -== PASTE SPICES ==-
      6    Chillies- red [to 8]
           -seeded and sliced
           Ginger- green, 2.5cm
           -chopped
      1 ts Paste- shrimp [terasi]
      4    Garlic cloves
      5    Onions- shallots
 
  In a mortar or food processor grind the spice paste ingredients into a
  paste. Heat a little oil in a wok and fry the paste until soft. Add
  the meat slices and stir-fry until they change colour. Add the water,
  sugar, soy sauce, lime juice and salt, and simmer uncovered until the
  meat is tender and the gravy thick.
  
  Add more water if the dish threatens to become dry before the meat is
  cooked.
  
  from: SOUTH EAST ASIAN FOOD by: ROSEMARY BRISSENDEN typed by: KEVIN
  JCJD SYMONS
 
MMMMM
 

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 * Origin: Braintap BBS Adelaide Australia (3:800/449)