"iBoaterer" wrote in message
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The trouble is getting it out will be by the scorched earth approach.

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Not so. Newly developed technology does not require strip mining of
the shale. It can be done underground and in place.

“The technical groundwork may be in place for a fundamental shift in
oil shale economics,� the Rand Corporation recently declared.
“Advances in thermally conductive in-situ conversion may enable
shale-derived oil to be competitive with crude oil at prices below $40
per barrel. If this becomes the case, oil shale development may soon
occupy a very prominent position in the national energy agenda.�