{"id":7035,"date":"2015-08-02T19:58:52","date_gmt":"2015-08-02T19:58:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orcutt.net\/weblog\/?p=7035"},"modified":"2015-08-08T12:37:23","modified_gmt":"2015-08-08T12:37:23","slug":"a-helium-3-and-oil-timeline-is-there-a-conspiracy-between-the-u-s-government-and-the-fossil-fuels-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orcutt.net\/weblog\/a-helium-3-and-oil-timeline-is-there-a-conspiracy-between-the-u-s-government-and-the-fossil-fuels-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"A Helium\u20113 and Oil Timeline: Is There a Conspiracy Between the U.S. Government and the Fossil Fuels Industry?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"TSTF_ebook\"While doing research for my book<\/a> A Truth Stranger Than Fic\u00adtion<\/em>, I found a lot of mate\u00adr\u00adi\u00adal on helium\u20113 and oil, some of which sug\u00adgest\u00aded the exis\u00adtence of a con\u00adspir\u00ada\u00adcy between the U.S. gov\u00adern\u00adment and the fos\u00adsil fuels indus\u00adtry to sup\u00adpress devel\u00adop\u00adment of helium\u20113 and moon min\u00ading so that the resources in the Bakken For\u00adma\u00adtion might be exploit\u00aded.<\/p>\n

Rather than con\u00adnect the dots for you, what fol\u00adlows below is a sim\u00adple list of impor\u00adtant dates and events relat\u00aded to domes\u00adtic oil pro\u00adduc\u00adtion, the Bakken For\u00adma\u00adtion, helium\u20113, moon min\u00ading and NASA. I present these dates and events for your con\u00adsid\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtion, along with some pri\u00adma\u00adry sources, so you can decide for your\u00adself whether or not such a con\u00adspir\u00ada\u00adcy exists.<\/p>\n

For more infor\u00adma\u00adtion on helium\u20113, fos\u00adsil fuels, moon min\u00ading and relat\u00aded top\u00adics, I sug\u00adgest you vis\u00adit a page I\u2019ve set up with all<\/em> of the pri\u00adma\u00adry sources I con\u00adsult\u00aded while writ\u00ading my book.<\/strong> Here is the page: \u201cHelium\u20113: Fur\u00adther Read\u00ading<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

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A Helium\u20113 and Oil Time\u00adline:<\/strong><\/p>\n

1953<\/strong> \u2014 Dis\u00adcov\u00adery of the Bakken For\u00adma\u00adtion<\/a>: an oil- and nat\u00adur\u00adal gas-rich shale deposit beneath North Dako\u00adta, East\u00adern Mon\u00adtana, and parts of South\u00adern Cana\u00adda.<\/p>\n

1956<\/strong> \u2014 M. King Hub\u00adbert posits his \u201cPeak Oil<\/a>\u201d the\u00ado\u00adry.<\/p>\n

1969<\/strong> \u2014 The Apol\u00adlo 11 mis\u00adsion returns from the Moon with rock and soil sam\u00adples that show the exis\u00adtence of helium\u20113 on the Moon<\/a>.<\/p>\n

1970<\/strong> \u2014 The date posit\u00aded by \u201cPeak Oil\u201d the\u00ado\u00adrists for peak oil pro\u00adduc\u00adtion; accord\u00ading to Hub\u00adbert, pro\u00adduc\u00adtion will fall off after this date.<\/p>\n

1972<\/strong> \u2014 Moon soil sam\u00adples brought back from the final U.S. manned mis\u00adsion (Apol\u00adlo 17) show con\u00adclu\u00adsive\u00adly<\/a> the exis\u00adtence of helium\u20113.<\/p>\n

1973\u201374<\/strong> \u2014 OPEC oil embargo\/crisis in U.S.<\/p>\n

1983<\/strong> \u2014 An arti\u00adcle<\/a> in the MIT Tech\u00adnol\u00ado\u00adgy Review<\/em> states that \u201cfusion as it is now being devel\u00adoped will almost cer\u00adtain\u00adly be too expen\u00adsive and unre\u00adli\u00adable for com\u00admer\u00adcial use.\u201d<\/p>\n

1991<\/strong> \u2014 The Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of Wis\u00adcon\u00adsin-Madi\u00adson Fusion Tech\u00adnol\u00ado\u00adgy Insti\u00adtute is denied fed\u00ader\u00adal fund\u00ading for helium\u20113 fusion research.<\/p>\n

\"fracking-infographic\"<\/a>1995<\/strong> \u2014 The U.S. Geo\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal Sur\u00advey (USGS) esti\u00admates that the Bakken For\u00adma\u00adtion holds approx\u00adi\u00admate\u00adly 151 mil\u00adlion bar\u00adrels of oil.<\/p>\n

2004<\/strong> \u2014 Pres\u00adi\u00addent G.W. Bush announces plans<\/a> for return to the Moon and for Moon col\u00ado\u00adniza\u00adtion.<\/p>\n

2006<\/strong> \u2014 NASA details plans<\/a> for a Moon col\u00ado\u00adniza\u00adtion pro\u00adgram<\/a>.<\/p>\n

2006<\/strong>  \u2014 The Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of Wis\u00adcon\u00adsin Fusion Tech\u00adnol\u00ado\u00adgy Insti\u00adtute reports that helium\u20113 fusion research is pro\u00adgress\u00ading<\/a> and that helium\u20113 from the moon would be a viable ener\u00adgy source.<\/p>\n

2007<\/strong> \u2014 An arti\u00adcle<\/a> in the MIT Tech\u00adnol\u00ado\u00adgy Review<\/em> (24 years after the 1983 arti\u00adcle) states, \u201cLab exper\u00adi\u00adments sug\u00adgest that future fusion reac\u00adtors could use helium\u20113 gath\u00adered from the Moon.\u201d<\/p>\n

2008<\/strong> \u2014 The USGS releas\u00ades a report<\/a> stat\u00ading that the Bakken For\u00adma\u00adtion con\u00adtains 3.0 to 4.3 bil\u00adlion bar\u00adrels of oil (this is 25 times the amount esti\u00admat\u00aded in 1995).<\/p>\n

2008<\/strong> \u2014 U.S. aver\u00adage gaso\u00adline prices hit their high\u00adest point<\/a>: $4.11\/gallon.<\/p>\n

\"NASA-Logo-Large\"2010<\/strong> \u2014 Pres\u00adi\u00addent Oba\u00adma unveils a new plan for NASA<\/a> and space explo\u00adration that does NOT include return\u00ading to the moon.<\/p>\n

2013<\/strong> \u2014 The USGS releas\u00ades yet anoth\u00ader new esti\u00admate<\/a> stat\u00ading that the Bakken For\u00adma\u00adtion con\u00adtains 7.4 bil\u00adlion bar\u00adrels of recov\u00ader\u00adable oil.<\/p>\n

2014<\/strong> \u2014 The PR web\u00adsite for the Bakken For\u00adma\u00adtion, Bakken.com, pub\u00adlish\u00ades an arti\u00adcle<\/a> titled, \u201cMoon Min\u00ading: Fool\u00adish\u00adness or the Future of Ener\u00adgy?\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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