Do We Really Need the Rockies?

Oct 28, 1980 on PBS at 9:00 PM

Summary

Locked in the shale of the Western Rocky Mountains is more oil than in the Middle East—more than enough to solve our dependence on foreign crude oil. But will shale oil solve our gasoline shortage, or will it simply turn the Rockies into a gigantic i... (more)ndustrial zone? NOVA explores the promise and the problems of shale oil.

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