Research Book Post #2- The Future of Oil- Sanjay Patel- Pages 50-80

      In the first few pages of this section of the book, Patel explains what oil sands are and how they can help solve the oil problem in the world today. He explains the pros and cons of the "extra heavy" Venezuelan oil sands. One of the big upsides is that Venezuela has lots of oil sands, but the downside is that it takes extra refining which is why its called "extra heavy oil sand". Patel also talks about the Canadian oil sands and how that is a better solution because they have almost as much oil as Venezuela and it does not need as much refinement. Towards the end of this section of the book chapter 3 begins, Chapter 3 is, "The History of Canadian Oil Sands" which gives one a deeper look into who discovered them, early attempts to utilize the sands, and how they came to be so important. The primary info in the first few pages was about the first explores and pioneers to discover the Canadian Oil Sands.