The problem with exploiting the oils sands is that it is a horrible environmental mess. The process requires vast strip mines to be created to extract the sands from the ground.
Nukes really are the way to go though. Currently they are burning natural gas (a cleaner fuel than oil) to produce oil. CANDU reactors are safe and would likely do the job just fine. We can always bury the spent rods in the strip mines once we are done with them...
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