[CS-FSLUG] OT: EcoNazis are blocking extraction of 2+ trillion bbls of Oil in the USA!!!

[Davo Smith]

> wells decades ago. However, a recent technological
> breakthrough has opened up the Bakken's massive
> reserves.... and we now have access of up to 500 billion
> barrels. And because this is light, sweet oil, those
> billions of barrels will cost Americans just $16 PER BARREL!

Make that about 3.6 billion barrels

> That's enough crude to fully fuel the American economy
> for 41 years straight.

or about 1 year, in reality:

http://www.snopes.com/politics/gasoline/bakken.asp

And that's not even getting into the discussion about the amount of
pollution spewed out by burning 500 billion barrels of oil...

Davo