jreeves
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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.
For the most part it is a single senator holding up oil shale....
While consumers battle $4-a-gallon Gas prices , a single U.S. Senator is trying to block America from developing Oil shale , an American resource that could single - handedly END America's dependence on expensive foreign oil .
Colorado's Ken Salazar (Democrat) is reportedly trying to use the U. S. Defense Authorization Bill to put Oil shale Development in Colorado , Utah and Wyoming on permanent Hold by blocking Commercial oil shale Leasing on Public lands .
Salazar also plans to use the Defense Authorization Bill to block the efficient development of an estimated, NINE Trillion cubic feet of clean-burning Natural Gas in the U. S. Naval Oil Shale Reserve , located in Western Colorado . That gas is enough to heat Four Million homes for 20 Years .
" I fear that Ken Salazar has been misled by Environmental Extremists who don't seem to care about seeing America come more Energy Independent ", said Wyoming State Senator Bill Vasey (D), Board Chairman of Americans for American Energy (A.A.E.). " The leaders of some of these Groups actually 'want' Consumers to get hit with higher prices , because They believe that this is the only Way to force People to conserve . That's not right .
We should be looking to Increase the supply of American energy for America , which will help reduce the upward pressure on Prices ."
" The U. S. Defense Authorization Bill is Not the Place to be adding amendments that restrict the Domestic Energy production that our Armed Forces need ," Vasey added . " This flies directly in the face of the reason for the creation of The U. S. Naval Oil Shale Reserves in the first place ."
" If Ken Salazar succeeds , consumers from Coast-to-Coast will end up getting Two black eyes ," said Colorado State Senator Bill Cadman , a Member of the Board of AAE . " I can't understand how anyone would ham-string America from becoming More energy independent at a Time when prices are soaring . This is simply inexcusable ."
" Blocking oil shale development from proceeding and bottling up Natural gas in The Naval Oil Shale Reserve helps America's Enemies and will put more money Directly into the pockets of Terrorist groups that are trying to kill Americans right now ," said Utah State Representative Aaron Tilton . " It's just that simple . This man is aiding and abetting the sworn Enemies of our Nation . Whose side is he on ? "
" We have American troops in harm's way right now , in part to defend America's access to foreign Oil , and to stabilize a Situation in The Middle East that is, in effect creating higher and higher Fuel prices here at Home ," said Utah State Representative Mike Noel (R). " Using a Defense Bill to block Responsible Development of over a TRILLION BARRELS of Oil from oil shale is not only wrong but it is exactly the kind of crack-pot ideas the folks have come to 'expect' from the out-of-touch Washington , D. C. , crowd .
"The Defense bill is about defending America , not making us more dependent on foreign oil and in effect, Weaker . Senator Salazar and every Member of Congress should be rolling up their sleeves and looking at ways to Tap Into the 200 Years of oil Resources located Within The Boundaries of The United States, which makes us stronger, as a nation ."
The Department of Defense Authorization Bill is expected to be called up Senate action as early as This week , according to Congressional sources .
Salazar championed action in Congress last year to place a Commercial leasing moratorium for oil shale development , effectively stopping all meaningful research and development activity by private industry due to lack of commercial development potential.
BI - PARTISAN LEGISLATORS CONDEMN SALAZAR ....OIL SHALE