Shale Oil Boom Ignites Economic Revival Alongside Natural Gas: Critics Argue Oil or Water?

OIL SHALE. IT IS THE KEROGEN IN THIS ROCK WHICH WHEN HEATED TO 900 F., YIELDS OIL. photo: Hiser, David (Wikimedia Commons)

by energyNOW One of America’s biggest energy challenges is foreign oil dependency. The U.S. imports about half the oil it uses, putting the nation’s energy security at risk and costing hundreds of billions of dollars per year. New [...]