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| Shale Oil To Be Developed, But Not Here |
| 2008-08-11 |
| We've written about the fact that the United States has by far the largest known oil shale deposits in the world. In fact our Rocky Mountain oil shale is believed to amount to as much as two trillion barrels, far more than the entire world has consumed since oil was discovered in Pennsylvania in the 19th century. Now, one country has announced plans to develop its shale oil resources, but it isn't the United States, it's Jordan: Energy-poor Jordan said on Sunday it was in talks with Anglo-Dutch group Royal Dutch Shell on an agreement to extract oil from the desert kingdom's 40-billion-tonne oil shale reserves. And once that happens, USA will buy it and provide Jordan with an increased millitary & political support in the name of energy |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #3 ION GUARDIAN.UK OP-ED > IN A PLANET AT 4C HIGHER TEMPERATURE, ALL WE CAN PREPARE FOR IS OUR EXTINCTION. Thus of course, MMGW = Global-Planetary Warming is as usual NOT about the SUN??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2008-08-11 23:38 |
| #2 Useful information. Thanks, g(r)omgoru. If Jordan becomes an oil exporter, they'll have money to spend to control their refugee camps. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2008-08-11 16:32 |
| #1 Jordan's king is showing good survival instincts. It's good that somebody is doing it. I just wish it could be us. |
| Posted by: Richard of Oregon 2008-08-11 15:32 |