County, Letters To The Editor, Opinion

Demand for energy growing

Dear Editor:
In all the recent energy discussions one thing is for certain: America’s demand for energy isn’t getting any smaller. In fact, API projects global petroleum demand will rise from 86 million barrels per day as of 2009 to more than 105 million barrels per day by 2030. All the while Colorado, Utah and Wyoming are sitting on the largest and highest quality oil shale deposits in the world.
Oil shale development could eventually…