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| Obama cuts back oil shale development | |
| 2013-06-22 | |
| Plenty of people here predicted something like this. Controversy is heating up over an administration plan to drastically reduce the amount of federal lands available for oil shale development in the American West. Yup, not out of character at all for Champ. Fortunately there's plenty of private land for development... The Bush administration had set aside 1.3 million acres for oil shale and tar sands development in Colorado, Utah and Wyoming. The new Bureau of Land Management plan cuts that amount by two-thirds, down to 700,000 acres, a decision that has prompted industry outrage.
It's almost as if it's a plan... Oil shale refers to shale rock itself, which contains mineralized hydrocarbons. When subject to intense pressure and extremely high temperatures, oil develops. This can be done by mining the rock first or by leaving it in place and doing the pressurized heating process deep underground. "That raises all kinds of concerns about what kind of impact that's going to have on our land and on our water," said Todd Malmsbury, spokesperson for the Colorado Wildlife Federation. "Water is the most important resource we have in the West. If we pollute that water, if we deplete that water it's going to hurt everyone out here." In a statement to Fox News, the BLM says it is not against oil shale and tar sands deveopment, No! Certainly not! Allowing the USA to be energy independent however.... but will restrict the amount of public lands available for leasing until the processes are proven, and proven safe. Which will be at least until they find some endangered imaginary bug or something. If shown to be viable in coming years, the agency says more federal lands may be opened up to oil shale and tar sands development. Unless an environmentalist somewhere protests... Kish said the decision will effectively put an end to the development in America of a resource with massive potential because the energy industry will simply go elsewhere. "The Chinese are inviting companies in, companies that may have done business in the United States if we'd had a better approach. As designed. But the BLM's plan has certainly not made all environmentalists happy. Hey! Careful with that feather! You almost knocked me over! A coalition of seven groups has notified the agency of their intent to sue, saying BLM did not take into account the impact of oil shale and tar sands development on endangered species. BINGO! The reduction will discourage investment until someone can find, or make up (i.e. pull out of their asses), some spottedground unicorn-dung beetle who might be hurt.... | |
| Posted by:CrazyFool |
| #4 Oh gee wow. What a surprise. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2013-06-22 22:37 |
| #3 Oil shale, not tight oil. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2013-06-22 17:59 |
| #2 And he will, again. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2013-06-22 14:58 |
| #1 During the 2012 campaign Champ actually took credit for the shale oil boom. |
| Posted by: Iblis 2013-06-22 10:37 |