d-man,more thoughts on the tar sands,hope xnrg takes a look. Tar sands of western Kentucky comprise a major hydrocarbon resource of more than 3 billion barrels of heavy oil and tar in place in the shallow subsurface http://www.uky.edu/KGS/emsweb/tarsand/tarsand.html images.investorshub.advfn.com/images/uploads/2011/1/16/vsciatarsand.jpg