[Democrat_media]

A stretch of largely vacant federal lands in Utah, Wyoming, and Colorado may hold more recoverable oil than all the rest of the world put together

http://www.thenewamerican.com/tech/energy/item/11387-the-green-river-formation-worlds-largest-oil-shale-deposits

The government owning all this land is socialism/communism . this land should be returned to private companies so that they can develop the vast oil resources

The federal government owns 86% of the land of Nevada . that is unconstitutional as this shows:

http://benswann.com/lofti-who-actually-owns-americas-land-a-deeper-look-at-the-bundy-ranch-crisis/

Nevada or individuals own that land not the federal government. that is pure marxism/socialism(fed owning all that land in Nevada and other states). the gov are using that land for environmentalism(communism/marxism) and corruption when private industry like that rancher Bundy, oil companies and others could be using it to produce oil , beef etc.

[thackney]

The Green River Shale Formation does not contain crude oil that can be produced by drilling like the Bakken, Eagle Ford and Permian Basin.

It is “oil shale” rather than “shale oil”. (I know crappy terms). The Green River formation has to be retorted. The shale must be “cooked” so that Kerogen can be released from the rock. The Kerogen can be made into a synthetic crude oil.

It is not the same. It is far from the same economics and ability to produce.