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Understanding Fracking, Oil Sands, and Energy Resources: Insights from "Drill Baby Drill"

Explore the critical issues surrounding fracking, oil sands, and energy consumption in this informative presentation. Based on a comprehensive report by geologist David Hughes, titled "Drill Baby Drill" from the Postcarbon Institute, this program provides essential insights into the energy landscape and the implications of our energy choices. The presentation includes valuable images and data, focusing on topics such as energy density, human energy use, and environmental impacts associated with fossil fuel extraction, including examples from Pennsylvania and the Keystone pipelines.

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Understanding Fracking, Oil Sands, and Energy Resources: Insights from "Drill Baby Drill"

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  1. Just the Fracks Ma’am: Fracking, Oil Sands, Energy….. & You [For web viewers: right click on the screen; you should get a menu box with the option “Edit Slides.” Choosing that option should take you to the powerpoint editing mode which will make the text for each image visible.]

  2. Most of the information and images in this program Are from a recent report by geologist David Hughes Titled ‘Drill Baby Drill’ published by The Postcarbon Institute and available for Free download (big, 25 MB) at http://www.postcarbon.org/reports/DBD-report-FINAL.pdf Or Google ‘Drill Baby Drill-Postcarbon Institute’ Very highly recommended for clear energy information: Our Finite World www.ourfiniteworld.com Powerpoint by Dana Visalli, posted at www.methownaturalist.com 2

  3. Human Energy Use Through Time 3

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  5. Energy density of different structures 5

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  7. From excellent blogsite: ‘Our Finite World’ 7

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  31. EROEI of Fracked Gas 33

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  34. Fracking site in Pennsylvania 36

  35. Flaring natural gas in Pennsylvania 37

  36. Water from a house tap in Pennsylvania 38

  37. 1.5 myd 3.5 mbd 39

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  39. Tar Sand Country: Athabasca River 41

  40. Sand, without the Tar 42

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  42. Gateway Hill-first site to be certified as reclaimed 44

  43. Keystone XL and existing Keystone pipelines 45

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  45. Gulf Oil Well Map 47

  46. The Deepwater Horizon Spill 48

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