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Originally Posted by billethkid
that are very purposefully being ignored. Here is the link to the originating article:
http://prairiepundit.blogspot.com/20...ft-thwart.html
How can our government in good conscience bow down to a special interest group at the expense of doing what is right for the American people and the good of the country?
The pursuit of America's energy resources in and of itself contains the answer to so many of America's problems, yet our government and we the people allow it to go on being ignored, why?
btk |
As a resident of Colorado for 40+ years I actually know a little about this subject. Right now I am in my home in Colorado Springs, and I wish I had stayed in TV, which is located in El Paso County. What sits under us is one of the fields of oil shale linked in this editorial. AKA Niobraba.....oil leases are selling like hotcakes out here.....
But Colorado has seen this before, out on the Western slope, actually we have been victims more than 1 boom and bust oil shale cycle. So I will present several links regarding that....
http://www.energyandcapital.com/arti...-oil-shale/711
http://www.denverpost.com/opinion/ci_16711142
The other thing you need to understand is oil shale doesn't produce tight oil like the oil sands in Canada. It also cannot be developed into gas for cars. Also it is not like you can drill into a pool of this stuff. You need to break up the rock and until now heat the rock until it releases a vapor and then process that. Now there is a new process called fracking which can breakup the rock in the ground releasing the natural gas contained in the rock.
Fracking is an issue..... as the fuild has contaminated ground water here in Colorado when used in national gas production.
So here are a few links regarding that....
http://billingsgazette.com/news/stat...427337020.html
http://www.thedailybeast.com/newswee...apped-oil.html
So it is not so easy as presented in your document. Just saying.