Is Shale Oil For Real?

America supposedly has 3.75 times more oil than Saudi Arabia supposedly has. America has one trillion barrels of oil available, according to the Rand Foundation, a liberal think group. The Green River Formation in the West has enough shale oil to meet 25 percent of America's demand for 400 years. But already, U.S. Representative Mark Udall, a Democrat, is saying shale production should be "on a gentler, and more substantial route" (Reese Epstein, "Drilling For Oil Is Still Practical," p. B-5, The Times Union (Jacksonville), 8.5.08." Udall's vague, lofty words translate for me to this, "I want the government to restrict the availability of oil to Americans."
Why would a Democrat say that? I answer that Democrats want to restrict the freedom of Americans to drive, to move about as they wish. It offends Democrats to see 280 million people moving about as they wish and can afford. That's too much freedom going on. Denying people freedom is hateful, and the Democrats are on the path of hate in general with their energy plan, particularly the part that forbids offshore drilling. But as you, my friend, resist the Democrats plan to wreck this economy with high oil prices and consequent high prices in almost everything else, your resistance is being picked up in the polls and the calls to your federal representatives. What the Democrats want above all is power, power to run your life, and therefore they are quietly telling those Democrat politicians who are up for election that they can say they support offshore drilling. Even Obama has come down from the clouds momentarily to say he would allow offshore drilling if it were part of a comprehensive energy bill. But here he goes again.
Flip-flopping. Is Obama making new decisions as he matures and times change or is he basically dishonest? I think there has been too much changing for it to be honest. Obama is dishonest, and McCain is the better choice. If more Americans realize this, and Obama starts dropping in the polls, you are going to see Hillary Clinton try to get the presidential nomination at the Democratic convention. If that happens, it will be a very historic event for the Clintons, as g
ood Democrats, worship power and will do anything to get it.
To return to shale oil, it appears that there is potentially plenty of it. President
Bush says we have 800 billion gallons of it, but my understanding is that we do not have the technology developed yet that will alow us to use it. It is still too expensive to process it. Texaco is going underground with heated rods and extracting some now. But it could be 2015 before shale oil is practical for everyday use.
Until the next meeting, may you walk with love, not hate, and with the wind in your back. Two-Guns at peternickerson12@yahoo.com