If the tar sands are going to come anyway, ...

[ashling]

I've posted in the lounge about magnetic putty and came across stuff about ferrofluids

Now I'm sure that there are those here who know a lot more about this stuff than I do, but I understand that in ordeer to get that crap to flow through pipelines they have to put in all sorts of additives. Why not reformulate it into a ferrous fluid so any spills could be cleaned up with magnets?

Just an idea.

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=ferrous+liquid&oq=ferrous+liquid&gs_l=youtube.3..0.8414.17753.0.18771.14.9.0.5.5.0.98.743.9.9.0...0.0...1ac.1.6Zl20Ovt_N0