Gore: Oil Shale 'Is Utter Insanity'

Vice President Al Gore, speaking at the Clinton Global Initiative: "Today, the US Congress is dealing with energy. They are without debate and without a single hearing preparing to lift the moratorium on the development of oil shale, which would vastly multiply the amount of CO2 from every gallon of gasoline.

"This is utter insanity.

"And it demonstrated the wealth and power of the entrenched carbon lobby to twist policy and to put out illusory impressions about this, is overwhelming free debate. So, we need to stop this. You know, each year, we have a great discussion here, and there's progress made. But it's not enough. It's not enough."

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• global warming
• climate change
• oil shale
• Gore
• Clinton Global Initiative

[YeshuaProtects]

Idiot on parade... go away you fat fool!

[timDOGcrane555]

no, you're insane (and a crook) you bloated fuck

[Denmarkpwns]

@MsZeitgeist85 plus, it requires alot of poisonous chemicals that you pump into the ground to get out, that would make our drinking water undrinkable.

[5hadyJ]

@MsZeitgeist85 You have an extra 0 in your temperature. It should read 850F. 8500F is almost 5000 Kelvin; with the sun's surface being almost 5800K

[chuckyko]

You're a fucking insanity, you retard!!!

[iflyboats]

Fuck this retarded faggot!!!!!!!!!

[MsZeitgeist85]

@njdevil281 1. Canada is not have Oil Shale it has Tar Sands known as Bitumen which is very diffrent. 2. I said extract AND refining dipshit. It does require more energy.In the refining of shale it takes 1.1 ton of Shale Rock to make 1 barrel of Kerogen. In the refining process it has to be heated to 8500 degrees. That takes alot of energy.

[njdevil281]

@MsZeitgeist85 It doesn't require more energy to refine than you get you drooling dipshit. There are many oil exports around the world that get their oil from shale, Canada being the biggest. Use common sense please..if you have any.

[azzh00le]

Limousine liberals like him don't give a fuck how high fuel prices are, they can go wherever they want whenever they want in their private jets, cost be damned

[MsZeitgeist85]

@khet10 Shale has the energy of a baked potato and like a potato it is no good untill you bake it. Shale oil isn't oil but an oil equivelent called kerogen. It takes 1.1 tons of shale rock to make 1 barrel (42gallons) of kerogen. Shale has to be mined transported and heated to 8500F to get the kerogen from the rock. Do you know how much energy it takes to heat a ton of rock to 1/3 the temprature of the sun? They have been trying to use shale for 90 years and it will never work.