New drilling method opens vast oil fields in US
source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110209/ap_on_re_us/us_shale_oil
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This is a convenient story to throw out there after some peak oil cables hit the news...
But 'new drilling technique' and 'out of reach oil' = hazardous, meaning we're running out of easily recoverable oil and this won't be worth the destruction or cost, just like tar sands and deepwater drilling, as the Gulf Coast will attest. There are no new discoveries, just really bad techniques at getting very hard to get oil. We've been past peak for awhile. How much destruction has to happen before we realize it is not the solution to our energy problems?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110209/ap_on_re_us/us_shale_oil
But 'new drilling technique' and 'out of reach oil' = hazardous, meaning we're running out of easily recoverable oil and this won't be worth the destruction or cost, just like tar sands and deepwater drilling, as the Gulf Coast will attest. There are no new discoveries, just really bad techniques at getting very hard to get oil. We've been past peak for awhile. How much destruction has to happen before we realize it is not the solution to our energy problems?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110209/ap_on_re_us/us_shale_oil
