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Proposed Tar Sands Development in Utah Puts Communities and the Environment at Risk • e Canadian company U.S. Oil Sands currently has all permits necessary to start development on the first tar sands mine in the U.S.ey hold leases for nearly 6,000 acres of land in Utah. • is project would take place on 213 acres of state land on the scenic Tavaputs Plateau, right on the Grand/Uintah County line. ese canyons serve as headwaters for the Colorado River, which supplies 30 million people with fresh water. • e energy intensive extraction of this resource will leave behind hundreds of acres of toxic tailings containing solvents with known carcinogenic and mutative compounds, as well caus- tic chemicals that are undisclosed by the company. • Tar Sands production will cause existing water rights to change from agricultural use to industrial use, with major detrimental effects on rural communities. • 20 gallons of gasoline refined from tar sands = 4,000 lbs. of displaced earth • 2 tons of tar sands produces 1/8 ton (1 barrel) of oil • It takes 3 barrels of water to produce 1 barrel of oil from tar sands • Burning oil from tar sands produces 2-4 times more green house gas emissions than regular crude oil. • One study found that “even if all other carbon dioxide emissions stopped, fully exploiting the tar sands would still tip the world into catastrophic climate change by raising global temper- atures more than 2C above pre-industrial levels”. • All the oil produced from this giant proposed development project at PR Spring will fuel America for a mere 6 hours. Tar Sands and Oil Shale On e Colorado Plateau: A Factsheet Resource

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Page 1: On The Colorado Plateau: A Factsheet Resource · Tar Sands and Oil Shale On The Colorado Plateau: A Factsheet Resource. The Oil Shale Sham • The largest deposits of Oil Shale in

Proposed Tar Sands Development in Utah Puts Communities and the Environment at Risk

• TheCanadiancompanyU.S.OilSandscurrentlyhasallpermitsnecessarytostartdevelop-mentonthefirsttarsandsmineintheU.S.Theyholdleasesfornearly6,000acresoflandinUtah.

• Thisprojectwouldtakeplaceon213acresofstatelandonthescenicTavaputsPlateau,rightontheGrand/UintahCountyline.ThesecanyonsserveasheadwatersfortheColoradoRiver,whichsupplies30millionpeoplewithfreshwater.

• Theenergyintensiveextractionofthisresourcewillleavebehindhundredsofacresoftoxictailingscontainingsolventswithknowncarcinogenicandmutativecompounds,aswellcaus-ticchemicalsthatareundisclosedbythecompany.

• TarSandsproductionwillcauseexistingwaterrightstochangefromagriculturalusetoin-dustrialuse,withmajordetrimentaleffectsonruralcommunities.

• 20gallonsofgasolinerefinedfromtarsands=4,000lbs.ofdisplacedearth

• 2tonsoftarsandsproduces1/8ton(1barrel)ofoil

• Ittakes3barrelsofwatertoproduce1barrelofoilfromtarsands

• Burningoilfromtarsandsproduces2-4timesmoregreenhousegasemissionsthanregularcrudeoil.

• Onestudyfoundthat“evenifallothercarbondioxideemissionsstopped,fullyexploitingthetarsandswouldstilltiptheworldintocatastrophicclimatechangebyraisingglobaltemper-aturesmorethan2Cabovepre-industriallevels”.

• Alltheoilproducedfromthisgiantproposeddevel-opmentprojectatPRSpringwillfuelAmericaforamere6hours.

Tar Sands and Oil ShaleOn The Colorado Plateau:A Factsheet Resource

The Oil Shale Sham

• ThelargestdepositsofOilShaleintheworldarefoundintheUnitedStatesintheGreenRiverFormation,whichcoversportionsofColorado,Utah,andWyoming.About800billionbarrelsofrecoverableoilfromoilshaleareintheGreenRiverFormation.ThisisthreetimesgreaterthantheprovenoilreservesofSaudiArabia.

• Morethan70%ofthetotaloilshaleacreageintheGreenRiverFormation,includingtherichestandthickestoilshaledeposits,isunderfederallyownedandmanagedlands

• Despiteacenturyoftryingand$10billionininvestment,oilshalecurrentlyprovidesaninfinitesimal0.0001percent(oroneten-thousandth)ofworldenergy

• Poundperpound,oilshalecontainsjustone-tenththeenergyofcrudeoil,one-sixththatofcoal,andone-fourththatofrecycledphonebooks.

• AccordingtotheU.S.GeologicalSurvey,halfoftheplanet’soilshalelieswithin150milesofGrandJunction,Colorado.

• To produce 100,000 barrels of oilperday,theRANDCorporationre-centlyestimatedthatShellwillneedtoconstructthelargestpowerplantinColorado’shistory(largeenoughto serve a city of 500,000) topro-videenergyfortheiroilshaledevel-opment. This power plant, costingabout $3 billion, would consumefivemillion tons of coal each year,producingtenmilliontonsofgreen-house gases, some ofwhichwouldstillbeintheatmosphereacenturyfromnow.Onemillionbarrelsadaywouldrequiretennewpowerplantsandfivenewcoalmines.

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