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According to the International Energy Agency, in 2020, countries outside the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development relied on coal, peat, and oil shale for 36 percent of their total energy supply, while renewables supplied only 16 percent.
—Kelly Sims Gallagher, Foreign Affairs, 14 Dec. 2021
Germany’s Messel Pit Fossil Site contains black oil shale that has preserved even the soft tissues of tens of thousands of 47-million-year-old fossils.
—Sophie Bushwick, Discover Magazine, 21 June 2012
Incentive program was expected to provide millions of dollars in tax breaks for energy projects ranging from solar to nuclear to oil shale.
—Tim Fitzpatrick, The Salt Lake Tribune, 10 July 2022
The Estonian state-owned seeks to develop Utah oil shale.
—Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 July 2022
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Word History
First Known Use
1866, in the meaning defined above
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“Oil shale.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oil%20shale. Accessed 4 Oct. 2024.
Kids Definition
oil shale
noun
: a rock (as shale) from which oil can be recovered
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