Could oil shale solve our dependency on foreign oil?

If oil shale can generate massive revenue and decrease U.S. dependence on foreign nations for oil, why aren't we making it yet? We're caught between a rock and a hard, geopolitical place.

Many oil analysts and researchers believe that we humans have reached the point at which the amount of conventional oil available throughout the world has reached decline. This is called peak oil. Since oil… » Full Story on HowStuffWorks