Posted on 04/21/2014 3:08:00 AM PDT by Olog-hai
EU energy commissioner Günther Oettinger has urged Germany to make use of shale gas options and added that the he saw no danger of Europe’s access to Russian gas falling victim to possible economic sanctions in the standoff over Ukraine. […]
“I am against scaling back or even cutting our gas links with Russia in the coming years,” the commissioner said. “But we must pursue our strategy of diversification. […] I would also urgently press Germany to make use of the shale gas option and allow fracking projects.” …
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didn’t Hitler use shale oil to keep his war machine going? Maybe find his old formulas and get to work. Germany should be way out front in this.
Not sure, but he did give coal gasification a try.
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