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JD on June 30, 2006 - 12:55am

Good article, HO. You real world guys are finally catching up to the "visionaries" like myself. ;-)

I wrote an article a while back on using nuclear explosives in the tarsands, and to stimulate ordinary gas/oil fields.

The article has links to old research by the US and USSR, and a nice illustration of what the cavern from an undergound nuclear explosion looks like (with links to lots more info and pictures).

Nuke the Tarsands

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Great southern on June 30, 2006 - 2:49am

JD, I thought you had given up on posting on PO- just lurking now? :)

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Peaknik on June 30, 2006 - 2:52am

JD, I thought you were against our current car culture and waste of energy.

I wish you luck with your nuclear oil.

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