Fossil Foolishness -- Utah's Pursuit of Tar Sands and Oil Shale

Oil shale and tar sands are inefficient sources for fossil fuel, but energy companies continue to pursue ways to make them commercially viable. New attempts to process oil shale and tar sands in Utah, however, will meet with a cruel reality: there may not be enough water for commercial development in the country's second-most arid state. Watch a video that includes one of Utah's top water managers, stating a stark truth: "If we pursue oil shale, we're in deep trouble."

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• Utah
• oil shale
• tar sands
• Colorado River
• water
• West
• energy development
• fossil fuels
• Western Resource Advocates
• environment
• natural resources
• oil
• gas.

[nietzschevsgod]

we will tear this world apart once Peak Oil is realized and people freak out