Posted on 07/28/2008 3:47:48 PM PDT by Para-Ord.45
Or more than a half dozen - how about 50-100, at 50,000 barrels per day each? We have the capacity: but the Democrats won't allow it. Why? Because coal-to-liquids is a 'sin' under their earth-worshipping religion...
“I dont understand how the moratorium put in place by Colorados governor affects leasing, or oil shale operations, in Utah.”
Its federal.
There are people in Utah trying to get going on oil shale, though.
http://www.oilshaleexplorationcompany.com/news.asp
OK, I understand it, if the ban is Federal, but Sen. Hatch made it sound like the state of Utah couldn’t develop oil shale because the Gov. of Colorado had placed a moratorium on it.
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