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Wednesday, June 18, 2008 12:00 AM

Gas prices and offshore drilling

Not much is at stake on Election Day 2008. Just the long-term health of the global economy and the future of the planet. That's what the offshore drilling debate is all about.
Andrew Leonard

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  • Wednesday, June 18, 2008 02:47 PM

    Plenty of US Oil

    In Colorado, Utah and Wyoming there are huge deposits of oil shale which can be economically converted to oil at $80 per barrel. There are estimated reserves of up to two trillion barrels of oil in this reserve which could supply all of our oil needs (at current usage rates) for 200 years.

    The sky is not falling. We only need the political will and pragmatism to solve the "energy crises."

    —jimtriller Read jimtriller's other letters

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