Not sure about the Stuff in he arctic, but the shale out west is technically doable. The question is of how much it will cost. The technology to do it is there. With the high costs of oil today I imagine it is becoming much more economically doable as well.

Of course seeing how the best way to get at it, is to mine it, then heat it up to change it to oil, I imagine the environmentalist will fight it tooth an nail.

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