Developing oil shale is best choice

Democrats control Congress, so Americans ought to be asking about their plan to lower gas prices. Let's hope their plan doesn't rest on solar, wind and geothermal, because planes, trains and automobiles don't run on electricity. They run on oil — mostly foreign oil — 97 percent of the time. Let's also hope the Democrats' plan doesn't rest on ethanol to break our dependence on foreign oil, because it can't. More on that later.

Americans ship about $700 billion - annually - to foreign oil traffickers, and Democrats respond by shutting down America's own energy supplies. Now at the mercy of foreign governments smart enough to produce their own energy, we are selling away our nation's place in the world and funding our aggressive competitors — and even our enemies. Colorado, Wyoming and Utah have more oil in oil shale than OPEC. Everyone seems to know that by now, but here are four things you probably did not know about oil shale...

1. Oil shale has a smaller carbon footprint than ethanol...[snip]
2. Oil shale uses less water than ethanol and no more than gasoline...[snip]
3. Oil shale uses much less land than either ethanol or gasoline...[snip]
4. Oil shale has been commercially produced in Estonia for 80 years

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