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[KarlMarx]

In response to the statement that the planet will reach peak oil production in 20 years.

They were saying that 30-40 years ago, too.

Proven oil reserves may only last 20 years, but, because of price increases, oil companies will do more exploration for oil. Oil exploration is extremely expensive (sometimes amounting to several hundred million dollars), thus higher prices at the pump will translate into more exploration for oil and thus, more proven oil reserves being found.

Will we run out of oil eventually? Perhaps, but by that time, the price of petroleum products will have become so high that technology will have found another energy source which is cheaper.

P.S. I also remember a newscast in 1970 that made the claim that by 1985 all life on the planet would be gone because of pollution. I guess they were wrong about that one, too!

 

[rtwngAvngr]

There's no question about it. The ecofreaks are just socialists in disguise. They just hate free markets. They and their liberal friends just want to control all of society, and they use their pseudoscience and lies to further that agenda.

 

[MtnBiker]

Originally posted by menewa
I got the information from a column in Saturday's Washington Post written by an expert in the energy field.
He said that we are already pulling out less oil than is being consumed. We consume 10 barrels for every 6 barrels that are being extracted.
It only makes since. Oil is a limited resource. There were only so many dinosaurs.

Not really convincing. Since you have not provided any real supporting infromation we can disregard the statement of the world running out of oil in 20 years.

 

[menewa]

Originally posted by MtnBiker
Not really convincing. Since you have not provided any real supporting infromation we can disregard the statement of the world running out of oil in 20 years.

You should have read what I wrote before you gave this reply. I said the article said we would reach peak oil production within about 20 years, not run out.

And that may be a generous estimate. If the highly populated countries like China and India continue to create more and more wealthy citizens like they are now, those countries will soon be burning even more oil than we are.

 

[MtnBiker]

Do you have any kind of link to said article, anybody can say the read and article that supported their statement.

 

[MtnBiker]

Menewa, can you back up your statement or not? And I don't mean backing by saying "I read an article and an expert said....."

 

[NightTrain]

hmm... did he flee the scene?

Or nod out in the corner after that last J?

 

[menewa]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17039-2004Jun4.html

here it is!! I've just been real lazy about. I know you've been asking for a while. I'll try and be more prompt in the future.

 

[menewa]

Originally posted by rtwngAvngr
This is naive. Even peace-loving societies need armies to guarantee security and protection from evil tyrants. You libs are retarded because you can't accept that evil exists. Your moral relativism will send you to an early grave, and if allowed to proliferate, will destroy our country from within.

I definitely believe all countries must have some warriors with which to defend themselves. You are right theat human nature has some severe flaws and their have always been tyrants and megalomaniacs and conquerors, etc.
I'm just saying we should try and extend love to our enemies before being forced to come to blows.

 

[menewa]

Originally posted by rtwngAvngr
There's no question about it. The ecofreaks are just socialists in disguise. They just hate free markets. They and their liberal friends just want to control all of society, and they use their pseudoscience and lies to further that agenda.

I don't know any environmentalists with dreams of fascist powers. We just want to protect what is our important. Our heritage. The place that has nurtured us and given us the fruits of life for hundreds of thousands of years. I don't want to control anything except my own destiny. I just don't think it is just or fair for a few people to make tons of money at the expense of everyone else wealth and well being. What's so bad about that?

 

[menewa]

Originally posted by KarlMarx

P.S. I also remember a newscast in 1970 that made the claim that by 1985 all life on the planet would be gone because of pollution. I guess they were wrong about that one, too!

That's a pretty wild story you saw back in the day. It's damn near impossible to stamp out all life on this planet. According to a book I reade about extinction level events said there had been many in our past of monstrous proportions, but never enough to wipe out all life. The biggest was the Permian extinctions over 200 million years ago. Supposedly, four huge volcanoes went off at roughly the same time covering the entire surface of the planet in ash and vapor for quite some time. The result was like 97-98 % of all species went out of existence. If life could come back from that, it can come back from damn near anything.

These issues are far removed from the name of this thread.

 

[MtnBiker]

Originally posted by menewa
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17039-2004Jun4.html

here it is!! I've just been real lazy about. I know you've been asking for a while. I'll try and be more prompt in the future.

Thanks for posting the link, I miss read your original post that I was questioning. You said peak production in 20 years, for some reason I thought you meant oil reserves would run out in 20 years.

But it seems there is still much debate on that 20 year projection.

http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0129/p14s01-wogi.html

 

[menewa]

Originally posted by MtnBiker

But it seems there is still much debate on that 20 year projection.

http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0129/p14s01-wogi.html

You are quite right, it is definitely not a certainty.

 

[KarlMarx]

Originally posted by menewa
You should have read what I wrote before you gave this reply. I said the article said we would reach peak oil production within about 20 years, not run out.

And that may be a generous estimate. If the highly populated countries like China and India continue to create more and more wealthy citizens like they are now, those countries will soon be burning even more oil than we are.

http://www.nationalreview.com/nrof_bartlett/bartlett200406090816.asp

 

[menewa]

Consequently, it is impossible to ever literally run out of oil. The possibility should not be a factor in the energy debate.
-quoted from national review article

While that was an interesting and seemingly plausible counter theory to the Hubbert Curve, it's no reason to dismiss the Hubbert Curve completely, that's not what any good scientists would do. Also, every person quoted in that article was a representative of the oil and gas industry in some respect.