What Steger says...

I read an article on Sunday in the Star Tribune written by Will Steger, on page 4 of the opinion section. And if I do say so myself, it was a gem. I would even go so far as to say that it made my day. Steger brought up the issue of energy in his article, "It's a poor time to exploit oil shale." He makes the brilliant point that the only reason that using oil shale is even being considered is because of the high price of fuel. It takes a large about of oil to make oil out of oil shale. Because of high gas prices, using oil shale is becoming more economically feasible. Hopefully that makes sense, but if not I would highly recommend reading the article because it puts relatively complicated matters involving the environment and the e

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conomy into simple and understandable terms. Steger's reasoning for not using oil shale, besides what I already stated about how it doesn't make sense economically, has to do with the protection of our environment. Science has proven that global warming is caused by fossil-fuels. Were we to use oil shale, it would be turned into oil in a power-plant that burns fossil-fuels. Then, when the oil is used, it too will destroy our ozone layer. We need to focus on our environment. I know that gas prices are high, but oil shale is not the answer, as Steger has proven. And neither is drilling in the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge, but maybe I'll get to that issue later. For now, lets stick to oil shale. Steger has shown that it is not a good plan, and yet Norm Coleman's plan calls for the use of oil shale in oil production. Steger urges voters to oppose Coleman's plan, as this is our small window of time to be able to stop harming our environment, before global warming has progressed too far for us to do much. So while I may be biased, Will Steger is a role model of mine, I think that Steger brought up excellent points in his article, and I urge everyone to take the issue of oil shale seriously. And seriously, read the article. It's amazing.