People, people, when oh when will you realize that oil is becoming less and less important in today's society?  Do you know how many hybrid and electric cars there are out there?  These comments of "our oil" versus "their oil"......don't you get it?  Oil is going the way of the dodo bird.  But I would guess that a majority of people on this board with positive comments about the TAR SANDS also don't believe in Global Warming..   Fine...it's a free country....just don't be surprised when 5 years from now you discover your investment in one of the TAR SANDS companies goes to ZERO.  Oh, an as an aside, no, I'm not a 30 year old living in my parents basement....I have a BAH, Ecxonomics and MBA in finance, have worked for over 25+ years in the investment industry, all on Institutional desks, traded FX, Bonds, and spend the last 20+ years on an institutional equity desk....you know...the guys that deal with, and sell the stock of these "great" oil companies......... imagine that...