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To: Neeka who wrote (136048)	9/1/2005 3:22:01 AM
From: Neeka	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793820

Study reveals huge U.S. oil-shale field By Jennifer Talhelm The Associated Press WASHINGTON — The United States has an oil reserve at least three times that of Saudi Arabia locked in oil-shale deposits beneath federal land in Colorado, Utah and Wyoming, according to a study released yesterday. But the researchers at the RAND think tank caution the federal government to go carefully, balancing the environmental and economic impacts with development pressure to prevent an oil-shale bust later. "We've got more oil in this very compact area than the entire Middle East," said James Bartis, RAND senior policy researcher and the report's lead author. He added, "If we go faster, there's a good chance we're going to end up at a dead end." For years, the industry and the government considered oil shale — a rock that produces petroleum when heated — too expensive to be a feasible source of oil. However, oil prices, which spiked above $70 a barrel this week, combined with advances in technology could soon make it possible to tap the estimated 500 billion to 1.1 trillion recoverable barrels, the report found. The study, sponsored in part by the U.S. Department of Energy, comes about a month after the president signed a new energy policy dramatically reversing the nation's approach to oil shale and opening the door within a few years to companies that want to tap deposits on public lands. The report also says oil-shale mining, above-ground processing and disposing of spent shale cause significant adverse environmental impacts. Shell Oil is working on a process that would heat the oil shale in place, which could have less effect on the environment. Copyright © 2005 The Seattle Times Company seattletimes.nwsource.com

To: Neeka who wrote (136048)	9/1/2005 3:23:49 AM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793820

Anti-rape device stirs controversy I am sure it made all of the men who are near my age think of the old slang term: "The Snapper." :>)

To: Neeka who wrote (136048)	9/1/2005 3:41:10 AM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793820

<Ehlers contends that South Africa's rape problem is so severe that women cannot just wait for male attitudes to improve with education> Maybe their attitudes would improve more quickly if the education process included capital punishment for those guilty of rape. Rapists could be turned into dog food [mixed with other offcuts of meat to disguise the unpleasant taste] and their photos put on the wrapper. I'm sure the incidence of rape would decline. The device being developed should include curare in the spikes so that the guy doesn't get violent for long. Or maybe some poison for which there is an antidote, but the woman is the only one who knows the antidote for the device she's wearing, to help persuade the rapist not to stop her saying what the antidote is by killing her or otherwise doing further harm. Perhaps he would have to promise her lots of money to compensate and to get the information on the antidote. Mqurice