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By: Colt
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There are four main types of energy uses in Canada, and they are: oil, natural gas, coal, & hydro. Other energy sources that Canada use are: wood, wind, solar, and nuclear.
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Fossil Fuels is when any mineral can be burnt to produce energy. For example, coal is considered a fossil fuel. Fossil Fuels are a source of energy that is non-renewable. It is not renewable because, to produce the energy from fossil fuels they must be burnt to the ashes, and if its burnt down to ashes, its useless. Also it is not a supply that we will have forever.
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Hydrocarbon is where there are a number of different organic compounds such as benzene and methane, that contain only carbon and hydrogen
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This is what it looked like in 1995, a nice scenery to look out at. Then in 2011, here is what it looks like today
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The Alberta Oil Sands is a project of oil extraction from the sands. Alberta is ranked third in terms of proven oil reserve. The oil sands cover an area of 54,152 square kilometres, and is estimated to contain over 1.8 trillion barrels of oil. When they extract the oil, sometimes they must dig 10 stories down!
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The health conditions in the sands are very poor, but lots of people take the job because they get paid good money. In 2010, Alberta produced 170.8 billion barrels. 99% of these barrels came from the Alberta Oil Sands.
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