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Shale coal... the future!
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Posted on 03/29/2006 8:33:12 PM PST by Number57

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It is a PDF file, so please check it out.
1 posted on 03/29/2006 8:33:12 PM PST by Number57
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To: Number57

Any mention of the shale reserves in Utah that Crinton gave/sold to China?


2 posted on 03/29/2006 8:35:44 PM PST by Eastbound
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To: Number57

Combined with Nuclear a winning combination!

TT


3 posted on 03/29/2006 8:40:42 PM PST by TexasTransplant (NEMO ME IMPUNE LACESSET)
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To: Number57
Shale coal... the future!

I've been hearing the same line for many, many, many years!

So, when will it finally happen?
4 posted on 03/29/2006 8:43:27 PM PST by adorno
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To: Eastbound

Who is Crinton? Sorry... it was Gore who sold our reserves.

http://graphics.boston.com/news/politics/campaign2000/news/Gore_tap_U_S_oil_reserve_to_stabilize_prices.shtml

Nuff said? No.

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=20474

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=24840


5 posted on 03/29/2006 8:44:58 PM PST by Number57
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To: Number57

PDF sucks. I'll have to try to get some other version.


6 posted on 03/29/2006 8:49:36 PM PST by Jaysun (As long as you are lying, why bother placing limits on how outrageous you are - LZ_Bayonet)
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To: Jaysun

Another version of PDF? You're kidding.


7 posted on 03/29/2006 8:50:30 PM PST by Number57
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To: adorno
I've been hearing the same line for many, many, many years!

So, when will it finally happen?

When prices stabilize at a price that can sustain this technology. I don't know what that price is, but the good news is that we won't run out of energy, regardless what the whacko's say.

8 posted on 03/29/2006 8:51:53 PM PST by umgud (12 gauge, the original pepper spray)
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To: adorno

When we stop trying to be PC, and use what the earth offers us.


9 posted on 03/29/2006 8:54:19 PM PST by Number57
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To: umgud

Right.


10 posted on 03/29/2006 8:55:08 PM PST by Number57
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To: Number57

it was Gore who sold our reserves.


And forced the USS Cole into its demise...with impunity.

But hey, he did invent the internet.../s


11 posted on 03/29/2006 9:01:09 PM PST by bayouranger (The 1st victim of islam is the person who practices the lie.)
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To: umgud

This is a case where I am glad the government is taking the lead. Energy, obviously, has a huge impact on our security. If DOD can give a little seed money to get this technology working that is to the benefit of all of us.

There would be no FR if the military had not started the internet, this could be "the next big thing".


12 posted on 03/29/2006 9:02:45 PM PST by Straight Vermonter (The Stations of the Cross in Poetry ---> http://www.wayoftears.com)
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Another version of PDF? You're kidding.

No, maybe I'll be able to read it on txt or html in the near future. PDF is the worst damn reader ever invented. It's slow, cumbersome, and I hate it. I don't know why everyone uses it, but oh well.
13 posted on 03/29/2006 9:04:17 PM PST by Jaysun (As long as you are lying, why bother placing limits on how outrageous you are - LZ_Bayonet)
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To: bayouranger

The USS Cole is a serious example of how our leaders make mistakes.

How many died, and why? Because they weren't allowed to fire. In fact, their guns weren't loaded, per orders.

Who gave that order?


14 posted on 03/29/2006 9:05:39 PM PST by Number57
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To: Jaysun

You're running Linux, eh?

My sympathies.


15 posted on 03/29/2006 9:07:21 PM PST by Number57
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To: Number57

No reply?

Huh.


16 posted on 03/29/2006 9:13:54 PM PST by Number57
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To: Straight Vermonter
There would be no FR if the military had not started the internet...

Balderdash...everyone knows I invented the Internet...

17 posted on 03/29/2006 9:14:35 PM PST by JRios1968 (E=mc3...the origin of "friends don't let friends derive drunk.")
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To: Number57

Coal Gasification has been tried.. it works, just low grade.. but the oil shale problem is the amount of energy it takes to get it..

that pdf file mentions Shell's idea for converting the shale to oil in the ground.. then just pumping it out..

Thought I'd share this from another site..

http://www.energybulletin.net/11779.html

Although Shell's method avoids the need to mine shale, it requires a mind-boggling amount of electricity. To produce 100,000 barrels per day, the company would need to construct the largest power plant in Colorado history. Costing about $3 billion, it would consume 5 million tons of coal each year, producing 10 million tons of greenhouse gases. (The company's annual electric bill would be about $500 million.) To double production, you'd need two power plants. One million barrels a day would require 10 new power plants, five new coal mines. And 10 million barrels a day, as proposed by some, would necessitate 100 power plants.

How soon will we know whether Shell's technology is economic? The company plans to do more experiments, before making a final decision by 2010. If it pulls the trigger, it would be at least three or four years before the first oil would flow, perhaps at a rate of 10,000 barrels a day. That's less than one-tenth of 1 percent of current U.S. consumption. But if it turns out that Shell needs more energy to produce a barrel of oil than a barrel contains, bets are off. That's the equivalent of burning the furniture to keep the house warm.


18 posted on 03/29/2006 9:20:58 PM PST by dwntmpo (Talking to a republican about peak oil, is like talking to a democrat about islamic terrorism.)
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19 posted on 03/29/2006 9:22:05 PM PST by Number57
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To: dwntmpo

"the oil shale problem is the amount of energy it takes to get it.."

What about the amount of energy needed to extract hydrogen from air and water?

Bite me.


20 posted on 03/29/2006 9:25:02 PM PST by Number57
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