Housing+Around+Oil+Sands

Greenhouse Gasses** Making liquid fuels from oil sands requires energy for steam injection and refining. This process generates two to four times the amount of greenhouse gasses per barrel of final product as the production of conventional oil. If combustion of the final products is included, the so-called "Well to Wheels" approach, oil sands extraction, upgrade and use emits 10 to 45% more greenhouse gases than conventional crude.
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In early 2007 the Canadian house of Commons Standing committee on industry, Science and technology considered that the use of nuclear power to process oil sands could reduce CO 2 emissions and help Canada meet its Kyoto commitments, as it would require nearly 12 GW to meet production growth to 2015, but the implications of building reactors in northern Alberta were not yet well understood
 * Government involvement**