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Old 06-11-2008, 02:47 AM   #11
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Originally Posted by Trek View Post
Our country runs off oil shale. It's what allows us to be virtually energy independent with oil shale supplying 90% of our energy needs. We're the only country in the world in that regard, but we're already exporting our technology to other countries.

Estonia to build Jordan's first oil-shale power plant

World Energy Council
"Our country runs off oil shale" I'm deducing by the link that we are referring to Estonia.
Canada also extracts oil from shale its a messy job as all the oil has to be steamed out of the shale, a process that uses a huge amount of fresh water which has to be treated before it can be returned back to the environment.
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