There are up to 800 billion barrels of oil in the oil shale deposits of the mountain west, and yesterday the Bush Administration
"opened up two million acres of public land in Colorado, Utah and Wyoming to oil-shale exploration, challenging congressional Democrats who have opposed the move."
The lease process, if allowed to move forward by President Obama will take years, but as with offshore drilling a start has to be made, not postponed, if we are to avoid a return to $140 a barrel oil..