The Hill's Congress Blog
January 9, 2012, Bill Eikenberry

For 100 years, industry and politicians have promised Americans a technological breakthrough that would produce oil from a rock in Colorado, Wyoming and Utah. This so-called “oil shale” has been the great Western energy hope for generations. Whenever our economy is struggling or gas prices spike, proponents spin the false promise of oil shale. ...

http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/energy-a-environment/203179-prove-oil-shale-is-viable-before-going-to-the-well