Sen. Ken Salazar, D-Colo., Rep. John Salazar, D-Manassa, and Rep. Mark Udall, D-Eldorado Springs, all support a moratorium that prohibits the BLM from using federal funds to finalize commercial oil shale regulations in the governments 2008 fiscal year. That moratorium ends when the governments fiscal year ends on Sept. 30, and all three Democrats are looking to keep the moratorium in place.
http://www.postindependent.com/article/20080722/VALLEYNEWS/801930909/1074
The new description of a DemoRat is “BLOCKHEAD”
They BLOCK OIL EXPLORATION.
They BLOCK GAS EXPLORATION.
They BLOCK COAL POWER PLANTS
They BLOCK NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS.
They BLOCK “EVERYTHING” THAT PERTAINS TO VIABLE DOMESTIC ENERGY PRODUCTION.
They BLOCK OUT RATIONAL THINKING FROM LEADING ECONOMISTS, NATIONAL SECURITY EXPERTS, AND MAJORITY PUBLIC OPINION ABOUT DOMESTIC ENERGY UTILIZATION.
DemoRats are TRUE BLOCKHEADS”.
Uh, I thought that it was 800 BILLION barrels of oil. 800 million bbls. would only satisfy about 10 days of world oil demand.
http://sbvor.blogspot.com/2008/06/oil-shale-in-usa.html
This article:
http://www.dailyreckoning.com/rpt/OilShale.html
says the total oil in shale for the entire U. S. is at least 1.5 trillion barrels.