http://www.firesociety.com FireSociety - ErnieGs Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:51:31 GMT admin@firesociety.com FireSociety 60 http://www.firesociety.com/images/home/mainlogo.gif http://www.firesociety.com http://www.firesociety.com/forum/thread/23316/Alternative-Energy-Resources----How-About-Starting-With--quot-The-Colorado-Green-River-Basins-quot--3-Trillion-Barrels-of-Oil-Deposits-as--quot-OIL-SHALE-quot-/?src=103 Has anybody heard about Oil Shale Deposits located in the Colorado Green River Basin - Also located in Canada.  Estimates show we have the equivilant of 3-6 trillion barrels of Oil - the extraction method is now improved to a point where we could begin major extraction.  The question, WHY and WHEN will we begin extraction?  The "OIL SHALE" deposits were discovered in 1912, a new law was passed and signed into law by President George Bush in 2005. Yet, our MEDIA during hours and hours of discussions regarding Alternative Fuel research has never said a word. Energy inputs and greenhouse gas emissions analysis of synthetic crude oil produced from Green River oil shale Adam R. Brandt Oil shale is seen as a potential “backstop” resource, or a resource that will be relied upon when conventional reserves of oil are depleted. It is abundant and domestically available. These factors are behind the current effort underway within the Bureau of Land Management to support oil shale R&D. Oil shale production has historically entailed a heavy environmental burden, with traditional methods of production emitting high levels of criteria air pollutants and greenhouse gases. This analysis compares two oil shale production processes. The ... Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:51:28 GMT ErnieGs http://www.firesociety.com/forum/thread/23316/Alternative-Energy-Resources----How-About-Starting-With--quot-The-Colorado-Green-River-Basins-quot--3-Trillion-Barrels-of-Oil-Deposits-as--quot-OIL-SHALE-quot-/?src=103