'UnAmerican' ;  like the black list from the 50's?  We need congress to create a list of people or companies making too much money. I don't like the sound of that. UnAmerican because you make too much.

4 hours ago, placeholder said:

And an especially nasty environmental impact as well.

Here is an interesting piece about shale oil from the Encyclopedia Britannica.

 

It is too long to copy and paste but interesting.

4 hours ago, placeholder said:

And an especially nasty environmental impact as well.

Hydraulic fracturing is fun, shale gas fracturing is awesome and a nice big CO2 frac is pure thrill.

Nothing beats unleashing 20,000 HHP (Hydraulic horse power) and pump at 10-12,000 psi for hours.

 

6 minutes ago, ExpatOilWorker said:

Hydraulic fracturing is fun, shale gas fracturing is awesome and a nice big CO2 frac is pure thrill.

Nothing beats unleashing 20,000 HHP (Hydraulic horse power) and pump at 10-12,000 psi for hours.

 

Not sure what that has to do with bitumen extracted from Canadian tar sands.

7 minutes ago, placeholder said:

Not sure what that has to do with bitumen extracted from Canadian tar sands.

Neither do I since the OP is about shale gas.

On the subject of the tar sands in Canada, the oil industry is cleaning up God's biggest oil spill.