Re: Oil Shale Resources - Alternative for Gasoline

[John McEwen <moparrr@xxxxxxx>]

However, college was a long time ago.  We don't have much oil shale 
actually, we have oil sands.  It is not "untapped" and is currently 
being exploited having spent, or are planning to spend, a tidy 100 
billion dollars in research,extraction/production over the past 30+ 
years.  We are now producing more synthetic crude in Alberta than 
conventional crude and will shortly be producing more crude than most 
places in NA.  This oil is being sold on the open market.

Note that the price of crude oil is set by trading on the New York 
stock exchange.  Pricing in North America is governed by the North 
American Free Trade Agreement not Canadian whim.

Yes Canada is a liberal country with a Liberal government.  In 
Canada, liberal is an honorable term for a philosophy of life and 
politics as was partially conceived and promoted by a number of the 
signers of your Declaration of Independence - not the least of whom 
was Thomas Jefferson.

John




> You may find it comforting that people like myself
> have learned about the untapped canadian shale oil
> from college.  However, in the US, Canada seems to us
> very liberal, and not willing to exploit the potential
> of shale for environmental concerns.

>