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Oil Shale—Conclusion: Technology may control adverse environmental effects

02/09/2009
Technology may help control the potential adverse environmental effects of oil shale development in accordance with current and future US environmental policy.It is critical that oil shale production not devastate the ecology of the region, atmosphere, or surrounding groundwater. This, however, may come at a high dollar value.The environment and climate change have become topics on the global stage. Amid this movement, future demand for liquid fuels may out strip conventional world oil supply. Recent tight world oil supplies and record high prices have led industry and the federal government to look to US unconventional resources including oil shale as a means to augment domestic oil supp...
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