Homo energeticus
technological rationality in the Alberta tar sands
pp. 159-175
Abstract
The Prime Minister of Canada has described the development of Alberta's unconventional oil resources as "an enterprise of epic proportions, akin to the building of the pyramids or China's great wall, only bigger" (Financial Post 2006). Its proven oil reserves of 170 billion barrels are surpassed only by Saudi Arabia and Venezuela, but both Venezuela and Alberta consist mostly of the "unconventional oil" source known as oil sands or tar sands.
Publication details
Published in:
Mateus Jerónimo Helena, Garcia José Luis, Mitcham Carl (2013) Jacques Ellul and the technological society in the 21st century. Dordrecht, Springer.
Pages: 159-175
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-6658-7_12
Full citation:
Kowalsky Nathan, Haluza-DeLay Randolph (2013) „Homo energeticus: technological rationality in the Alberta tar sands“, In: H. Mateus Jerónimo, J.L. Garcia & C. Mitcham (eds.), Jacques Ellul and the technological society in the 21st century, Dordrecht, Springer, 159–175.