08-03-2008, 10:30 AM
hotsauce Wrote:I remember hearing something about this also. But I thought there was a refinery in one of the Dakotas and that the biggest amount of shale was in Montana, I think. I believe I heard also that the military is running some of their vehicles on the shale oil. If it is true, Then they should making shale oil for the rest of us.
Supposedly the shale that can be made into oil is close to the surface and can be easily gotten to and then those areas that are dug up and be covered over and trees can then be planted.
Anwr was bought for the future. Since Alaska was bought in the 1950's, and it is now the 2000's, I believe that the future is here, and should be drilled. The Governor of Alaska wants us to drill there. She and the people of Alaska want to be able to contribute to the US economy in this time of need. I seriously doubt that Alaska was bought so that polar bears could eat seals in private
Yeah, that's similar to what I remember hearing about a year ago, or so. I've spent a few moment poking around for any updated news, but haven't found a whole lot. About the only real thing of substance I could find is that there's some new highway being built just outside of Bismark, to help with the transportation of stuff for any future oil operations.