IIRC tar-sand production cost is ~$60 and suspect that Colorado oil shale
woild be similar but YMMV. We can only speculate as to the motives that
prefer war to domestic development.

This is probably a topic for a different thread, but it does make you wonder
about the true motives of those who would see people suffer on an
unprecedented economic scale rather than develop our known oil reserves.
Bottom line: When gas hits eight bucks a gallon, you're going to see
economic pain on an unprecedented level.

An interesting question to ponder: At what price point do the masses rise up
and over-ride the environmentalist rules that currently restrict the
process?
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