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What is a drawback to use of oil shale to produce energy?
Expense
Why are we not producing oil from oil shale?
The reason that oil shale is not used to produce oil is because this is what keeps the oil well from collapsing after the oil is removed. If the oil shale were mined, the oil well would collapse into a large trench in the ground.
What kind of energy resources might one day replace dwindling petroleum supplies?
Solar and wind renewable energy, of course. Oil shale and tar sands
How do you make oil out of shale?
You don't make oil from shale, you extract oil from shale. The shale acts like a sponge, sometimes the shale is so porous that the oil can be squeezed or sucked out, otherwise it can be extracted by crushing and heating the shale.
How can you produce energy apart from burning fossil fuels?
Apart from burning fossil fuels (coal, oil and natural gas), we produce electricity from renewable energy (solar, wind, water, hydro, tidal and wave, geothermal, ocean thermal, biomass, biofuel and hydrogen).
What is a drawback to the use of oil shale produce energy?
Expense
What is a drawback to use of oil shale to produce energy?
Expense
What kinds of energy does Utah produce and where?
coal on UT CO border. uranium in several places. oil shale.
Why are we not producing oil from oil shale?
The reason that oil shale is not used to produce oil is because this is what keeps the oil well from collapsing after the oil is removed. If the oil shale were mined, the oil well would collapse into a large trench in the ground.
What type of energy is fracking?
Fracking is not energy. It is a method of getting oil out of shale underground.
What are pros and cons of oil shale energy?
Pros: ? Cons: more expensive than pumping crude oil
What is a Colorado resource?
Natural gas, coal, oil shale, Geothermal energy, solar enrgy, wind energy, hydroelectric energy,
What are some energy sources is nonrenewable?
coal, natural gas, oil, oil shale and tar sands, nuclear power
Is shale oil another type of petroleum?
Shale oil is an oil distilled from shales and used as fuel
What is oil thermal power plant?
The oil thermal plant refers to the chemical energy that is stored in the fossil fuel like the natural gas, oil shale, fuel oil, and coal. They are usually successively converted into thermal energy, mechanical energy, and electrical energy.
What is difference between oil shale rock and a rock?
one has oil shale and one dosent
Is shale oil good for your environment?
It does not matter where oil comes from it is bad for the environment shale oil is just a Les efficient source of oil.
