Esser cont'd: Oil shale is too far out in future

Hirsch?: on hydrogen ... tech feasible but not economic .. fuel cell needs breakthru's .. on board storage needs break thru's ... don't bet on it ... coal 2 liquids makes excellent sense & can be done w existing tech, Miter tech can do at $35/b

Acker: 30 billion b per year is huge, that is big problem, no more big field ... tar sands will only give 3 billion, EROI bad ... use nukes to heat up tar sends

Congessmn Sullivan: more than I can understand ... what are national labs doing ? ... like an asteroid hitting US ...

Thanks for the timely stenography, Step Back.  Based on Congressman Sullivan's comment, and also on the fact that these hearings are even being held at all, it would seem that the Peak Oil Caucus seems to be having success in raising awareness among members of the legislative branch rather rapidly.