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Practical Method for Getting Oil from Oil Shale?

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the save-my-pocket-book dept.

ConfigurationManager writes "An article in the Rocky Mountain News describes how Shell has demonstrated a practical way to extract oil from the shale deposits in Colorado. Since it describes those deposits as "the largest fossil fuel deposits in the world," that could be a very good thing for those of us who are currently paying anywhere from $3 on up for a gallon of regular unleaded."

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  1. You insensitive (american) clods... by TERdON · · Score: 1, Redundant

    ... $3 for a gallon is nothing.

    In Europe, the prices are twice as high.

    (Here is the Google conversion between units and currencies.)

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