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There's a shocking amount of energy being found
From Ace of Spades:
Here's a linkfest for news about shale gas, oil from shale rock,tar sands and such. We keep finding more of it. It'd be nice if we were able to USE more of it in the US. They seem pretty excited about shale gas in the UK, Europe and Israel.
US proved natural gas, crude oil reserves soar
* Gas reserves rise most in U.S. history
* Technology advances, not new fields, boost reserves
U.S. natural gas reserves increased by the most in history last year, and crude reserves also rose, as companies drilled frantically into shale rock
formations with new technology...
U.S. net proved crude oil reserves rose 9 percent, or 1.8 billion barrels, to 22.3 billion barrels in 2009. Texas saw its proved oil volumes rise most, by 529 million barrels, or 11 percent.
North Dakota, home of the oil-rich Bakken Shale formation, saw its reserves jump by a whopping 83 percent, or 481 million barrels.
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What Is Oil Shale?
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Just Say We Will Suck Less Than Everyone Else
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Leading Oil Expert Warns Oil Supplies Are Running Out Fast - This Is Absolute B.s.
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Obama's Crude Lies
Obama regularly lies about America's oil reserves Why does he insist on ignoring America's untapped oil reserves? Is Barack Obama attempting to demoralize Americans, creating a Carteresque myth of an America in decline? It looks like it. From...
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The End Of Saudi Arabia And Iran....mmmmmmmmmmmmm...real
Pointed out by Michael Ledeen, via Andrew Bostom: 1) NEXT ENERGY NEWS: Massive Oil Deposit Could Increase US reserves by 10x America is sitting on top of a super massive 200 billion barrel Oil Field that could potentially make...
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