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Peak oil... no more it seems.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-23280894
Seem to remember this being discussed here previously,consigned to the history bin now.
Seem to remember this being discussed here previously,consigned to the history bin now.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-23280894
Seem to remember this being discussed here previously,consigned to the history bin now.
I'm sure we will all recall how we always rubbished the very idea of peak oil happening in our lifetime.0 -
I'm sure we will all recall how we always rubbished the very idea of peak oil happening in our lifetime.
That is a relief.
I guess it doesn't matter then just kick the problem along to our grand kids."If you act like an illiterate man, your learning will never stop... Being uneducated, you have no fear of the future.".....
"big business is parasitic, like a mosquito, whereas I prefer the lighter touch, like that of a butterfly. "A butterfly can suck honey from the flower without damaging it," "Arunachalam Muruganantham0 -
grizzly1911 wrote: »That is a relief.
I guess it doesn't matter then just kick the problem along to our grand kids.
what problem is that?
is it one that doesn't exist at the moment and may not exist in 50 years time either?0 -
what problem is that?
is it one that doesn't exist at the moment and may not exist in 50 years time either?
May being the operative word.
Not our problem though is it.so be happy."If you act like an illiterate man, your learning will never stop... Being uneducated, you have no fear of the future.".....
"big business is parasitic, like a mosquito, whereas I prefer the lighter touch, like that of a butterfly. "A butterfly can suck honey from the flower without damaging it," "Arunachalam Muruganantham0 -
I often made fun of the doomers banging on about this on here and HPC. As ever they get it all wrong headed. Even when it does run out nothing grim will happen, we will simply design a different future and oil will be just a foot note in our history thousands of years from now.0
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I often made fun of the doomers banging on about this on here and HPC. As ever they get it all wrong headed. Even when it does run out nothing grim will happen, we will simply design a different future and oil will be just a foot note in our history thousands of years from now.
Why are you so confident that it will be hunky dory?
I haven't seen any credible alternative yet proposed in the time I have been shuffling around.
One of the comments on the link provided made an interesting observation (no idea how true it might be) that when oil was effectively flowing out of the ground 100 years ago, it took1 unit of energy to produce in 100. 1 unit now yields 5 apparently.."If you act like an illiterate man, your learning will never stop... Being uneducated, you have no fear of the future.".....
"big business is parasitic, like a mosquito, whereas I prefer the lighter touch, like that of a butterfly. "A butterfly can suck honey from the flower without damaging it," "Arunachalam Muruganantham0 -
Was'nt this what AD9898 used too get his knickers in a twist about,strange what technical advances bring about.0
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oil from the ground will run out at some point, but that dosnt spell the end of internal combustion, take bio disel for example there are many many things you can run a disel engine on including fat from the sewers! beef dripping and many nut oils, if we get our act together with more hydro and solar then hydrogen becomes a good option, the end of fosil fuels isnt the end of the world
but if we are to conserve what we have then places like the states need to get there act together. simple things like converting vegas to LED lights would help 
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Wow - sub-$100 oil 'real soon now'? (hasn't anyone told WTI about the gynormous increase in US oil production).
Maybe we've just passed 'peak cheap oil'..?0 -
I often created fun of the doomers knocking on about this on here as ever they get it all incorrect advancing. Even when it does run out nothing harsh will occur, we will basically style a different upcoming and oil will be just a feet observe in our record centuries from now.0
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