Tar sands are a mixture of clay sand water and black oil found in various places around the world, such as Venezuela and under Canadian forests . Most of the world's oil currently comes from the tar sands and the oil is used to make gasoline. Oil sands mining is quite difficult and difficult to carry out. Sands cannot be pumped in their natural state. It must be extracted using open pit mining techniques. After extraction, the sands are transported to an extraction plant where a hot water process separates the bitumen from sand, water and minerals. This process releases the bitumen from the oil sands and causes tiny air bubbles to attach to the bitumen droplets that float to the top of the separation vessel, where the bitumen can be skimmed off. (Oil Shale and Oil Sands Program, 2012) Tar mining is very profitable. Until recently, extracting oil from tar sands was very expensive, technologically difficult and complex. Technological advances and the high price of oil, above $80 per barrel, have made it possible to extract oil profitably. Although this causes pollution and eliminates non-renewable resources, it helps the economy. (Oil Shale and Oil Sands Program, 2012) Oil sands are natural mineral beds found in the earth. It is formed from water, sand and bituminous coal formed by the pressure of dead plants underground over a long period of time. Once extracted, the sands undergo multiple processes that transform them into oil. Oil is used for many things, like cars and gasoline. Oil is converted to gasoline through several processes. Gasoline is used to power engines. The oil sands are a very important part of the oil communities, given that they make up the majority of the oil currently extracted. (Oil Shale and Tar Sands Program ... middle of paper ... wind turbines on cars, or even a wind turbine or solar panel on your garage to power your car. We could have stations like gasoline. stations that power your battery This would also be expensive, but as long as there is money to spend, it would be worth it Along with this, our economy would increase, due to the circulation of money. I think it could. It would be a great idea if we knew how to get electricity. We could have "farmers" who own fields of solar panels or wind turbines paid for by the government or by the utility companies. electricity. power lines, there could be electricity-powered trucks that have huge batteries that fill up and then transport them across the United States like tractor-trailers do. This would also create more. jobs, thereby improving our economy. END.