Jeff sez, "Turn pristine ecosystems into high-octane fuel in your own home — all ages!" Public Lab'skit helps you understand the devastation and health risks from tar sands extraction by letting you boil your own back yard for oil.
They're not actually planning on selling many $1,000 "kits" — it's just a clever gimmick to raise money for a real kit to help people in the tar sands test for oil pollution around their homes.