oil shale hey? Well, I think you'd have to be slightly retarded to invest in this project. The Stansberry report was excessively optimistic, and it also attempted to deceive the reader into believing that it was a feasible venture. Read the following report:
http://www.aspencore.org/images/pdf/OilShale.pdf
The government is trying to prevent being forced to develop renewable energy because 'oil is still extremely abundant and our petrochemical supply is secure'. I mean, look at all the oil shale underneath Colorado! Two trillion barrels, enough to supply the U.S. for years and years! Pity it's useless rock - and if companies like Shell could convert it into useful fuel, it would come with an expensive price tag. I just wish Bush would stop lying to the American public OR that the American public would pull their heads out their arses long enough to realise that using such vast quantities of oil is not sustainable and DEMAND that Bush do something about it.
350 billion dollars spent on the Iraq war, the 'war for oil'. If that money was invested in renewables, the world would be a much cleaner place and the western world would greatly reduce their dependence on OPEC oil. Now, wouldn't that be the best way to screw the middle east? If the U.S. government wanted to take the money away from the terrorists, that is by far the most effective method...