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We will never run out of oil.
http://www.rense.com/general89/fat.htm
Physically Impossible, running out of oil.And those plate tetonics are always moving, spewing up more oil. cuhulin |
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We will never run out of oil.
> wrote in message ... > http://www.rense.com/general89/fat.htm > > Physically Impossible, running out of oil.And those plate tetonics are > always moving, spewing up more oil. > cuhulin You really have to watch the movements of those tetons. Back in the 60's, we produced about 30% more oil than we used. We exported the rest as refined products, etc. Now we product about a third of what we use. We are in a position to be held hostage by foreign governments, terrorists, and even our own supplying oil companies. It is a recipe for disaster. I heard it referred to today in apocalyptic terms. It is not physically impossible, in practice, to run out of oil. Yes, there are huge deposits in some parts of the world but some of them contain oil in near trace amounts. We will have oil for the next 100-150 years, maybe, but it will get to be more expensive and harder to come by. This is no corporate smokescreen. The problems are real. |
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We will never run out of oil.
"hls" > wrote in
: > > We will have oil for the next 100-150 years, maybe, but it will get to > be more expensive and harder to come by. They've been predicting we'd run out of oil since the 19th century. I remember reading the "proven and probable" number was closer to 200 years. Remember that "proven and probable" is measured at that day's prices. If you exclude price, proven and probable goes up to the thousands of years. And that's assuming technology goes nowhere in that time, which is a ludicrous idea. Also, even if, in the /highly/ unlikely event that oil does actually start to become /truly/ scarce instead of just being /politically/ scarce, the resulting runup in prices will spur massive efforts in finding alternatives to oil. What would seriously damage efforts to replace oil and cause terrible problems is if government employees got involved and started trying to pick winners and losers. That would doom any technological advancement and cause real problems for everyone. > > This is no corporate smokescreen. The problems are real. > > Any oil shortages are purely and totally political. They consist of legal injunctions on drilling and/or refining, or civil unrest, or political control, all of which hamper production. I'm not in the slightest worried about shortages, except for the political component. -- Tegger |
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We will never run out of oil.
Turn all of those politicians into oil and that would solve all oil
problems. cuhulin |
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We will never run out of oil.
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