[Vogelzang]

There's a recent interesting article in the Wall Street Journal about various oil companies getting water rights for use in future oil shale development.

Oil, Water Are Volatile Mix in West
Energy Firms Buying River Rights Add to Competition for Scarce Resource
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123741925013178161.html

According to some articles here
http://www.geocities.com/sciliterature/ ... eLinks.htm
kerogen, the fossil fuel in oil shale, is the most abundent fossil fuel on earth.

We should have had a nuclear power plant built out there already for use in developing the oil shale.

[mos6507]

We should have had a nuclear power plant built out there already for use in developing the oil shale.

Spoken like a true global warming denier.

[FrankRichards]

We should have had a nuclear power plant built out there already for use in developing the oil shale.

Not that that would save a drop of water.

[mos6507]

Now if it wasn't for that pesky peak uranium.

Thankfully we have thorium.

[Vogelzang]

Has the Obama administration changed their minds and decided to develop oil shale in the US? Salazar canceled the leases from the Bush administration, but they seem to be interested in development. Maybe they're scared of total economic collapse like everyone else is now.

Salazar: oil shale development on the table
http://www.sltrib.com/ci_11761574

Obama Administration Restarts Oil Shale Leasing in Colorado, Utah
http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/feb2009 ... 25-094.asp

[Vogelzang]

Global warming has been proven again to be a witch hunt scam only believable by gullable psychos.

FALSIFICATION OF THE ATMOSPHERIC CO2 GREENHOUSE EFFECTS WITHIN THE FRAME OF PHYSICS
GERHARD GERLICH
http://www.worldscinet.com/cgi-bin/deta ... 3&type=toc
free version here: http://arxiv.org/abs/0707.1161