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Old 08-16-2005, 07:34 AM   #16
JohnR
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Originally Posted by Raven
drilling technology was limmited to drilling straight down....

now however with flexible drill steel - you can have a rig on land

and you can do exploratory drilling in the ocean as the drill can now

go in a curve, which changes everything.
I don't think they would drill sideways 90 miles instead of down 2-5 ...

I would rather see emphasis placed on solar, wind (even if off Nantucket), and yes, in the words of our wordsmith President, Nucular Power.

But while we are on the crappy sides of energy engineering, why can't we get E85 Ethanol in New England? There are many Flex Fuel vehicles out now that will run that and where available, it is 1.85 per gallon

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