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In a message dated 11/13/2006 7:32:57 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
Clansgian AT wmconnect.com writes:

There  are no mystical dilithium crystals that make light crude oil gush out 
of  oil shale.  Just like the example of the car, it takes a certain amount  
of 
energy to convert the substance and all the technology in the universe  
doesn't 
make more energy appear out of thin  air.



Actually, my father patented a process for doing this that is widely used,  
involving pumping a solution into the shale that disolves it, pumping it out, 
 
removing the oil and pumping the remainder back to maintain the stability of 
the  ground. A very effecient, low energy method was what they needed, and 
where  there is a will, there is a way.
 
Drew