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.