Well done. Maximum tap flow is the key. Comment on ANWR are on target. Shale? The big question mark. The tar sands already are creating an environmental nightmare that can be seen from space.

Darn right the tar sands is a nightmare.The Athabasca River is toast; many autochthonous people in the region are suffering from a very high rate of cancer due to the environmental carnage. Can you imagine what would happen to the Green River (a tributary of the Colorado River) if they started open pit mining for oil shales?

Possibly environmental Armageddon for the Southwest USA.