[SAJ]

You're on the right track, m'friend, but you are wildly low in your figure for the amount of crude and light oil equivalent that can be produced in Colorado/Utah.

Try closer to 1.3 trillion bbls, which is the fig my friends at Shell are throwing around, unofficially of course. Figure 5-year startup with the in situ and microwave processes.

That's 5 years AFTER all the pols and enviromorons shut up and get out of the way. The only way that this latter event occurs is if the electorate make it too hot for the pols to keep sitting on their thumbs.

You tell me: when will that occur? $200/bbl? $300?

The politicians have absolutely no intention of letting US resources be developed unless and until they are forced to do so.

Happy thought, that, eh?

[grey_whiskers]

The politicians have absolutely no intention of letting US resources be developed unless and until they are forced to do so.

Happy thought, that, eh?

I'm all for denuding the Middle East (oil) and China (polluting factories) to support our lifestyle!

"Not in My Backyard" writ nationally.

Cheers!