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<br />(b) High land purc~se investment vs. low leasing costs - Leasing; con-
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<br />tracts on the public lands should be let at reasonably high competative
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<br />... (c)'<'Feasib1lity d~finitionbn the pUblic lands -- Economic feasibility
<br />should be defined with the social cost built into the cost of the product.
<br />This means that the environmental quality standards for environmental
<br />protection (a quantitative estimate) and reclamation becomes a part of
<br />the cost for the developer, The social cost should be ecoloE",ically based.
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<br />II. . CLEAlf ENERGY?
<br />President Nixon's message of June 4, 1971, announcing approval of an()il shale
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<br />development progl'am on the pUblic . lands implied that oil shale was a "clean energy"
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<br />sOur'~~7 : p:ven rich 9il shale is about 87% rock or in~rt material, and, per ton, it
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<br />aVlilrages only about a half a barrel,9r 25 gallons of crude oil. The talings from
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<br />spent oil shale fluff up to become around twice the volume of the original rock. The
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<br />talings taken to the green house grow nothing unless plenty of fertilizer and constant
<br />waterinis' are'provided: In other words~ the talings are quite sterile in their o~m right.
<br />,'. In the 'opinion ofri1any ,the talirig problem is so enormoul:'that oil shale develop:"
<br />rr,c,rit 'may b'e one of the potentially most 'damaging industries in terms of the erivirom.ent.
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<br />III. RELATION TO OTHER FU'l'URE ENERGY SOURCES
<br />..'.'j Needed: A CO!>1PARI\.TIVE REVIEV10F POTENTIAL FUTURE ENERGY SOURCES, and A NATIONAL
<br />PLAN.' Assuming that the developil:Cnt of oil shale energy way one day be economicaJ.ly -
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<br />feasible, the public and the government need to have a comparative and comprehensive
<br />review of all potent1alenergy sources in order to put oil shale in perspective; Le.,
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<br />how does 'oil shale compare with solar, tidal, Imclear, geotherrral, rragnetohydrodyna.;n1c
<br />'and fusion energy-or \-rlth other fossil fuel sources? If the oil shale resource is
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<br />'lro:I.l11y to 130m2 from the' public li""ds, the public has a right to ask the goverl1l1'ent to
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