Oil Near Jerusalem
They're drilling for oil not far from Jerusalem. Good? Nope.
What the company hopes to find is oil shale. What they plan to do is a pilot project using steam preasure for months or years to cook the oil out.
But water is more essential than oil. Besides using Israel's scarce water for the process, the pilot runs the risk of polluting the ground water.
And what else will be cooking? Any underground antiquities.
The exploratory drill is in the valley where Judah is said to have gone to the sheep sheering, in Adullam, near the cave where David hid, at the edge of the Ela Valley where we hear of David fighting Goliath. All to be heated for years. Meanwhile truck traffic is already injuring the national park.
See http://saveadullam.org/english/index.html for more information.
Copyright 2010 Jane S. Fox
What the company hopes to find is oil shale. What they plan to do is a pilot project using steam preasure for months or years to cook the oil out.
But water is more essential than oil. Besides using Israel's scarce water for the process, the pilot runs the risk of polluting the ground water.
And what else will be cooking? Any underground antiquities.
The exploratory drill is in the valley where Judah is said to have gone to the sheep sheering, in Adullam, near the cave where David hid, at the edge of the Ela Valley where we hear of David fighting Goliath. All to be heated for years. Meanwhile truck traffic is already injuring the national park.
See http://saveadullam.org/english/index.html for more information.
Copyright 2010 Jane S. Fox
posted by Jane S.Fox at 9:05 PM
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