Oil Shale Myths

"While new technologies are being developed that wouldn't require thousand-foot deep strip mines and surface retort (which creates volumes more toxic tailings than the actual rock removed as it 'popcorns' when retorted), these also carry severe environmental impacts. 100% of the ground above the resource being developed is stripped of all vegetation, bladed flat, drilled, and pin-cushioned with heating rods that heat the ground hundreds of feet deep to 700 degrees (F) for three years or longer."

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