Wake up, Paul! You are never going to see shale developed for fuel. Never. It is not going to happen. Well, not for at least 20 years. Then add another 10 years on for start up time. Unless you can bribe Standard Oil-Chevron-Texico-BP-Unocal to do it. Do you have the cash for the BIG bribe? I think not. Bush does not give a r@t's@ass about high oil prices either. Both political parties are in the pockets of big oil. So you can shout from the roof tops all day long. Scream louder if you want to. Your efforts are all for naught. It's never going to happen.
You heard it here first.
If it can be done for a decent profit, they would do it in a heart beat. Every drop of oil they can produce would be sold here. Why would they not?