From the American Chemical Society , something that will cause
synapse arcing in Bill McKibben’s and Joe Romm’s brains. I guess
Obama can build that Keystone XL pipeline after all. Bzzt! Using
the energy in oil shale without releasing carbon dioxide in a
greenhouse world WASHINGTON, Sept. 28, 2011 — New technology
that combines production of electricity with capture of carbon
dioxide could make billions of barrels of oil shale — now
regarded as off-limits because of the huge amounts of carbon
dioxide released in its production — available as an energy
source. That’s the topic of the latest episode in the American
Chemical Society’s (ACS) award-winning “Global
Challenges/Chemistry Solutions” podcast series. Adam Brandt,
Ph.D., notes in the podcast that almost 3 trillion barrels of
oil are trapped in the world’s deposits of oil-shale, a dark-
colored rock laden with petroleum-like material. Brandt and
colleague Hiren Mulchandani are at Stanford University. The
United States has by far the world’s largest deposit