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A U.S. Geological Survey assessment, released April 10, shows a 25-fold increase in the amount of oil that can be recovered compared to the agency's 1995 estimate of 151 million barrels of oil. - more

"...An entirely alternative theory of oil formation has existed since the early 1950’s in Russia, almost unknown to the West. It claims conventional American biological origins theory is an unscientific absurdity that is un-provable. They point to the fact that western geologists have repeatedly predicted finite oil over the past century, only to then find more, lots more...." - more

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BLM Identifies Lands for Potential Development of Significant Oil Shale Resources

The Bureau of Land Management today (September 4, 2008 )finalized a plan to guide the use of public lands containing oil shale and tar sands. In its Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) to be published in tomorrow's (Sept. 5) Federal Register, the BLM amends 12 land-use plans in Utah, Colorado, and Wyoming to set aside approximately 1.9 million acres of public lands for potential commercial oil shale development. "The goal of the BLM’s oil shale program is to promote economically viable and environmentally sound production of oil shale on Western lands, where we estimate deposits hold the equivalent of 800 billion barrels of oil – enough to meet U.S. demand for imported oil at current levels for 110 years," said BLM Director Jim Caswell. - more

Tar Sands & Oil Shale

'Tar Sands' is a colloquialism for what are technically described as bituminous sands, and commonly known as oil sands - more

'Oil Shale' - Geologists may regard the name oil shale as a misnomer, since the rock does not necessarily consist of a shale and its kerogen differs from crude oil - more

Substantial Power Generation from Domestic Geothermal Resources

The results of this assessment indicate that full development of the conventional, identified systems alone could expand geothermal power production by approximately ... 260%... ...The resource estimate for unconventional EGS is more than an order of magnitude larger than the combined estimates for both identified and undiscovered conventional geothermal resources and, if successfully developed, could provide an installed geothermal electric power generation capacity equivalent to about half of the currently installed electric power generating capacity in the United States. - more

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Installing solar panels on homes is an economic "loser" with the costs far outweighing the financial benefit, a respected University of California-Berkeley business professor said Wednesday.
The technology, using photovoltaic panels to generate electricity, is not economically competitive with fossil fuels and costs more than other renewable fuels, said Severin Borenstein, who also directs the UC Energy Institute.
"We are throwing away money by installing the current solar PV technology," he said.
Not surprisingly, the solar industry reacted strongly to the report.
Neal Lurie with the American Solar Energy Society called the study "a publicity stunt."
"Borenstein doesn't give proper credit to the important role that competition and economies of scale play in driving down costs," he said.
And Julie Blunden, a vice president with San Jose's SunPower, said Borenstein's analysis was "deeply flawed."
"He seems to be disconnected from the empirical data in the market," she said. "He doesn't seem to have much peripheral vision from his ivory tower...."