I think we can make a big step toward fixing everything...
Posted: Fri 13 Jun 2008, 00:19:08
I think there is a very viable solution to solving our current energy crisis which is in turn causing inflation in nearly every industrial market, except the housing and automobile industry.
In the western United States (Colorado, Utah, Wyoming) we hvae ENORMOUS deposits of oil-shale...which is for the most part, solid oil. The estimated deposits there are approximately triple that of the oil reserves that Saudi Arabia has. It is more expensive to recover and process this oil-shale that conventional liquid petroleum. And, approx 75% of the deposits lie under gov't controlled land. I suggest that we invest our resources into developing the necessary technology to recover these vast supplies of oil more efficiently and use our own natural resources and move toward becoming less dependent on foreign oil.
The major issues lie with environmental lobbyists not wanting to harm the environment with the recovery and production of more "pollution causing ways of energy". I am not saying the environment is not important. We should continue to develop hydrogen, nuclear, and other renewable sources of energy. But if we can tap into these shale oil reserves, and use them to cover even a quarter of our current oil consumption, they will last for about 400 years. If by tapping into this enormous resource of energy in our own nation we can give our nation a more reasonable timeline to develop our energy infrastructure with nuclear, hydrogen, and other renewable sources. If not, sooner than later, our nation will face a national security crisis the likes we have not seen since we wont be able power our nation.
In the western United States (Colorado, Utah, Wyoming) we hvae ENORMOUS deposits of oil-shale...which is for the most part, solid oil. The estimated deposits there are approximately triple that of the oil reserves that Saudi Arabia has. It is more expensive to recover and process this oil-shale that conventional liquid petroleum. And, approx 75% of the deposits lie under gov't controlled land. I suggest that we invest our resources into developing the necessary technology to recover these vast supplies of oil more efficiently and use our own natural resources and move toward becoming less dependent on foreign oil.
The major issues lie with environmental lobbyists not wanting to harm the environment with the recovery and production of more "pollution causing ways of energy". I am not saying the environment is not important. We should continue to develop hydrogen, nuclear, and other renewable sources of energy. But if we can tap into these shale oil reserves, and use them to cover even a quarter of our current oil consumption, they will last for about 400 years. If by tapping into this enormous resource of energy in our own nation we can give our nation a more reasonable timeline to develop our energy infrastructure with nuclear, hydrogen, and other renewable sources. If not, sooner than later, our nation will face a national security crisis the likes we have not seen since we wont be able power our nation.