Ask AP: Untapped Oil Resource?

PlusAsk AP: Untapped Oil Resource?Ask AP: Untapped Oil Resource?The Associated PressWhy isn't more done to remove oil from underground sources known as oil shale? Email your question to newsquestions@ap.org. (June 12)Hello, I'm Matt Friedman and this is Ask AP. Today's question is about an underused alternative source of oil [Notes:transition to graphic] It comes from Minnesota. Why we don't hear more about extracting oil from oil shale fields now that oil has become so expensive?Oil shale is an underground rock that contains a substance that can be released as petroleum when heated. AP business writer John Porretto writes that no one has has figured out how to extract the oil in a way that's environmentally sensitive and commercially viable on a large scale. The process is more complicated than pumping oil from wells. It's also raised air and water pollution concerns.One expert says that it oil prices remain above a hundred dollars a barrel, oil shale is probably feasible. But, he says there's no guarantee that they will remain this high. [Notes:on camera]If you have a question about an A-P story, write to us. The address is newsquestions at A-P-org. I'm Matt Friedman, the Associated Press.

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[CraftLulz]

fuck the caribou and drill in alaska

[ikekll]

OK, let's just leave it at this...

There's a high percentage of predictability on

creating a "change in pressure" and there are certain elements that can be definitely counted on...say, like creating the conditions---no problem with that whatsoever....the UNPREDICTABLE factor is **what***the consequences WILL BE from the storm's rage!

:> hehehe

Belinda Carlisle - I Feel the Magic

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{snoopy dancing}

[ikekll]

Hmmmm, {smiling SO freakin' big at the moment}

You see, (how to articulate the unarticulatable???)

Shuchks...I hate it when I'm stuck...

lemme see,

OK, let's pretend certain aspects of "life" can be played with, say like the weather...it's been an area of interest of science for quite some time now.

Anyway....hmmmm BRB

[ikekll]

bigkyle07,

There's someone looking out for me.

This is what keeps me going and it makes me smile and my heart leap with incredible joy.

You have no idea the feeling that I'm feeling right now...it's been worth the high price of the ride.

Belinda Carlisle - I Feel the Magic

watch?v=VyMDFk-BkPQ

[ikekll]

bigkyle07, not to worry, I'll be able to stop POSTING soon...the 100th monkey is about to happen. Each time one person "gets it," a wave of YEAH, is felt across the globe.

I have no problem with you...you're not the problem

:>

Firefall - Just Remember I Love You

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[ikekll]

If you're a gun owner and you trust that our government is protecting your rights to own weapons, you're being, ONCE AGAIN, mislead

In spite of two NRA groups endorsing this legislation, what came out was NOT what was proposed. AND THIS MY FRIENDS is how the cookie crumbles

the Back Door Gun Ban

watch?v=bsdSjde0r18

[bigkyle07]

ikekll

stop spamming!

[Orion602]

i think crude oil is still too cheap for shale oil to be significantly profitable..

[bigkyle07]

I used to be an enviromentalist. However, with gas at 4 bucks a gallon, soon to be 5 bucks... and oil going up everyday, we need to do something! Either we get off our oil addiction or we tear this planet up for oil! Anyways, the effects wont be felt for years to come. Gas prices affect us now! It shames me that the Democrats blocked a bill that would allow for drilling in our own country.