Full Title: Oil Shale Fact Sheet
Author(s): Center for Western Priorities
Publisher(s): Center for Western Priorities
Publication Date: January 1, 2013
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Description (excerpt):
A fact sheet for oil shale and shale development. Key facts include:
- Oil Shale Industry Has Never Functioned At a Profitable Level, Would Likely Be Subsidized By the Federal Government.
- According to the Department of Energy Oil Shale Industry Would Require 31 Square Miles Per Million Gallons of Oil Production.
- Commercial Industry Operating to Produce an Average of 2.5 Million Barrels Per Day Would Involve Surface Mines Covering a Cumulative Area Roughly the Size of the City Of Boston.
- Oil Shale Would Require Massive Expansion of Existing Electricity Generation and Transmission Infrastructure.
- According to the Department of Energy, Oil Shale Is Concentrated In Area with Considerable Wildlife, Adjacent To Conservation and Wilderness Areas; Development Would Dwarf any Industrial Land Use Pursued In U.S. History.