[sitetest]

Dear thackney,

Then, in reality, although it would cost some pretty big bucks, it's more than doable to move more toward diesel production at American refineries.

If, over time, we were able to convert roughly half our passenger vehicle fleet to diesel, I think that’d save a million or more barrels of oil per day. Seems like a worthy goal to me.

sitetest

[thackney]

Are you confident that would be more cost effective than producing our shale-oil using the same dollars?

I think it is past time for our government to open those federal lands up to commercial activity.

I am confident Americans can match the technical expertise to make this economically producible, since Estonia, Brazil and China have been do the same for many years.

[thackney]

I keep meaning to mention this to you.

I am always impressed with your courtesy in posting. You raise the level of FreeRepublic and it encourages dialog.