The Oil Drum | Denver Post: Oil shale may be fool's gold

Denver Post: Oil shale may be fool's gold

Posted by Prof. Goose on December 19, 2005 - 5:00pm
Topic: Supply/Production
Tags: colorado, oil, oil shale, peak oil, randy udall [list all tags]

"Buried underground in western Colorado are a trillion tons of oil shale. For a century, men have tried and tried again to unlock this energy source. But the rocks have proved stubborn, promising much, delivering little." (link)

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