Jack,

  You probably have not had a chance to read Bubba's article on oil shale.  I don't think oil shale, or one CTL plant will save us.

xironman,

Thanks for pointing me there. There has been progress made on this front. Yes, it is a high energy user (and the French have suggested Nukes to get the oil out). But my reading suggests that if oil is over $35 a barrel than you can make a profit on it. Canada is ramping up on the production from oil shales/sands.

But the points you guys made about scale is valid. And anyway, it needs to address greenhouse gases at some point as well.

We will have a lot of pissed off rednecks in this country if they can not put fuel in their Mustangs.