End of Oil is at our door step; what next?

[watchingfromafar]

We need more people like Donald Trump who can say no to bullies with some teeth.

I liked everything you said before and after the above quote, but the center sentence above spoiled the rest to its rotten core. How can you stand next to a man that belittles John McCain who fought for our country while trump got out of the draft by claiming (lie) he had a bone spur?

It boggles the mind that you articulated great points while in the middle of it you spouted crapola?

Who are you really?

 

[CrusaderFrank]

New estimates of worldwide crude oil reserves total 1.651 trillion bbl
(1,651,000,000,000)
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In 2010, global crude oil demand was 86.4 million barrels per day.
86,400,000,000x365=315360000000000000
Daily global crude oil demand 2006-2018 | Statistic

1,651,000,000,000/315360000000000000=19 years left

My math might be off but it looks like, at current rate of consumption all the known oil reserves will be used up in 19 years.

If the numbers are correct, we need to act now before it is too late !!

Any suggestions?

Don't believe "Peak Oil"

 

[Votto]

New estimates of worldwide crude oil reserves total 1.651 trillion bbl
(1,651,000,000,000)
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In 2010, global crude oil demand was 86.4 million barrels per day.
86,400,000,000x365=315360000000000000
Daily global crude oil demand 2006-2018 | Statistic

1,651,000,000,000/315360000000000000=19 years left

My math might be off but it looks like, at current rate of consumption all the known oil reserves will be used up in 19 years.

If the numbers are correct, we need to act now before it is too late !!

Any suggestions?

Well considering that the world will end in 12 years due to global warming I don't know why anyone would give a damn.

 

[Pilot1]

These numbers do not include the huge amount of oil, natural gas, and coal in the ground that is accessible to be extracted. Fracking is a huge benefit, not destructive at all, and if their are any issues government fines the companies, and then MAKES them remediate the entire problem. Out liberal/progressive DEMOCRAT Governor in PA loves tracking as it gives him huge tax revenue to play with and provides jobs, and economic health to formerly depressed towns.

We have centuries of fossil fuels remaining and both drilling, and fracking are the future.

 

[Muhammed]

Convert all engines to run on alcohol and corn goes to at least $50 a bushel.

Life is good.

*****CHUCKLE*****

I'd start making alcohol from dandelions and grass clippings if that ever happened.

 

[watchingfromafar]

we had Electric cars in the 1800's you moron.

I am a bit offended that you called me a moron and having said that; I checked to see if you were a moron as well as a liar----

The early rise and fall of the electric car

To understand the popularity of electric vehicles circa 1900, it is also important to understand the development of the personal vehicle and the other options available. At the turn of the 20th century, the horse was still the primary mode of transportation. But as Americans became more prosperous, they turned to the newly invented motor vehicle -- available in steam, gasoline or electric versions -- to get around.

Steam was a tried and true energy source, having proved reliable for powering factories and trains. Some of the first self-propelled vehicles in the late 1700s relied on steam; yet it took until the 1870s for the technology to take hold in cars. Part of this is because steam wasn’t very practical for personal vehicles. Steam vehicles required long startup times -- sometimes up to 45 minutes in the cold -- and would need to be refilled with water, limiting their range.

As electric vehicles came onto the market, so did a new type of vehicle -- the gasoline-powered car -- thanks to improvements to the internal combustion engine in the 1800s. While gasoline cars had promise, they weren’t without their faults. They required a lot of manual effort to drive -- changing gears was no easy task and they needed to be started with a hand crank, making them difficult for some to operate. They were also noisy, and their exhaust was unpleasant.

Electric cars didn’t have any of the issues associated with steam or gasoline. They were quiet, easy to drive and didn’t emit a smelly pollutant like the other cars of the time. Electric cars quickly became popular with urban residents -- especially women. They were perfect for short trips around the city, and poor road conditions outside cities meant few cars of any type could venture farther. As more people gained access to electricity in the 1910s, it became easier to charge electric cars, adding to their popularity with all walks of life (including some of the “best known and prominent makers of gasoline cars” as a 1911 New York Times article pointed out).
The History of the Electric Car

Porsche's long-buried first vehicle was an electric car, and it was built back in 1898

The first Porsche was the inverted bathtub known as the 356, produced in embryonic form in 1948. Right? Wrong, actually. That was the first mass-produced car, but Ferdinand Porsche’s first car, code-named P1, was actually electric. And he built it in 1898.
Porsche's long-buried first vehicle was an electric car, and it was built back in 1898

Ok, bear513, your not a liar, at least not this time but you are indeed a want-a-be trump with serious psychological problems.

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[the other mike]

Any suggestions?

Stop policing the world for oil and be like China.

 

[McRocket]

New estimates of worldwide crude oil reserves total 1.651 trillion bbl
(1,651,000,000,000)
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In 2010, global crude oil demand was 86.4 million barrels per day.
86,400,000,000x365=315360000000000000
Daily global crude oil demand 2006-2018 | Statistic

1,651,000,000,000/315360000000000000=19 years left

My math might be off but it looks like, at current rate of consumption all the known oil reserves will be used up in 19 years.

If the numbers are correct, we need to act now before it is too late !!

Any suggestions?

EV's.

 

[Dekster]

New estimates of worldwide crude oil reserves total 1.651 trillion bbl
(1,651,000,000,000)
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In 2010, global crude oil demand was 86.4 million barrels per day.
86,400,000,000x365=315360000000000000
Daily global crude oil demand 2006-2018 | Statistic

1,651,000,000,000/315360000000000000=19 years left

My math might be off but it looks like, at current rate of consumption all the known oil reserves will be used up in 19 years.

If the numbers are correct, we need to act now before it is too late !!

Any suggestions?

Drill baby drill

 

[gfm7175]

New estimates of worldwide crude oil reserves total 1.651 trillion bbl
(1,651,000,000,000)
Login

In 2010, global crude oil demand was 86.4 million barrels per day.
86,400,000,000x365=315360000000000000
Daily global crude oil demand 2006-2018 | Statistic

1,651,000,000,000/315360000000000000=19 years left

My math might be off but it looks like, at current rate of consumption all the known oil reserves will be used up in 19 years.

If the numbers are correct, we need to act now before it is too late !!

Any suggestions?

Pascal's Wager Fallacy.

There is a lot of oil available for use; we aren't going to run out any time soon. In fact, it is constantly naturally replenishing underground... It's not a "use and it's gone forever" type of deal.

 

[gfm7175]

There will be a mad rush to nuclear in the short term.

Who knows... There's plenty of oil out there, so I doubt any problem will arise, but IF so, then yes, nuclear is another good option, and we still make good use of coal.

The obvious answer is solar for the permanent fix.

No, it's not. Solar is nowhere NEAR as efficient/cheap/reliable as carbon based fuels are. Do you know how many solar panels it would take to even attempt to power the world with solar energy? Do you know how much that infrastructure would cost to build and maintain??

Once the world is operating on solar the supply is limitless and free.

Nothing, I repeat, NOTHING is free. N.O.T.H.I.N.G ... Not even solar... It costs money to build solar panels, it costs money to maintain them, it costs money to "switch over", etc. etc... Solar is simply not going to "power the world"; it can't keep up with what we can currently do with carbon based fuels...

It's the free part that has kept the fossil fuel industry

There is no "fossil fuel industry"... We don't use fossils for fuel. We use carbon based fuels... Nothing in life is "free"...

fighting advancement in anything other than oil for half a century.

They have their own interests at hand... So does the federal government [specifically the Socialist Democrats within it], who is pushing this "renewable energy" stuff as part of their scheme to take over the USA as a fascist Oligarchy. They want people to fear that oil is running out and that carbon based fuels are warming the Earth to a point that we are all going to be dead in 12 years if we simply "do nothing" (aka, they're arguing Pascal's Wager Fallacy).

If a VIABLE (I repeat, VIABLE) alternative becomes available, then the free market will shift towards it on its own...

They WANT the world to buy oil until it runs out.

Yes, they want people to buy/use their product. So?? So does literally EVERYONE who owns/operates businesses/corporations...

 

[gfm7175]

New estimates of worldwide crude oil reserves total 1.651 trillion bbl
(1,651,000,000,000)
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In 2010, global crude oil demand was 86.4 million barrels per day.
86,400,000,000x365=315360000000000000
Daily global crude oil demand 2006-2018 | Statistic

1,651,000,000,000/315360000000000000=19 years left

My math might be off but it looks like, at current rate of consumption all the known oil reserves will be used up in 19 years.

If the numbers are correct, we need to act now before it is too late !!

Any suggestions?

There will be a mad rush to nuclear in the short term. The obvious answer is solar for the permanent fix. Once the world is operating on solar the supply is limitless and free. It's the free part that has kept the fossil fuel industry fighting advancement in anything other than oil for half a century. They WANT the world to buy oil until it runs out.

Solar panels cost money, maintenance, replacement, and the sun is only in the sky for maybe 12 hours a day if there isn't a heavy overcast. Additionally there's not that much energy is generated per foot to cover the energy requirements of the USA unless you're covering massive areas utilized for cropland.

Try again.

*****CHUCKLE*****

Just plain stupid. First, we have massive roof areas in the US. Second, solar and wind together can easily supply all the energy we need in the foreseeable future. As for nighttime, the gridscale batteries, and home storage batteries will solve that easily.

First, you said solar would power the world... Now, it's solar AND wind?? Hmmmm....

Wind has the same issues. It is not nearly as efficient/cheap/reliable as carbon based fuels are, and it requires lots of ugly bird slaughtering windmills everywhere to even be semi-useful...

 

[Mr Natural]

Drive a giant fuckyoumobile so you can use up as much of the remaining gas that you possibly can.

 

[anynameyouwish]

humans adapt
I think oil is not one of our top worries
19 years? can't/won't they invent something else to help ease the 'problem' in 5 or 10 years?

like perfected solar/wind/hydro

 

[anynameyouwish]

Drive a giant fuckyoumobile so you can use up as much of the remaining gas that you possibly can.

I think we should divvy up all the fuel equally.

You can burn yours up quickly saying FUK YOU to liberals and I will use mine carefully and make it last.

Then, when I am still driving around and you are walking I'll ask you "how is that 'FUK YOU' going?"

 

[hunarcy]

New estimates of worldwide crude oil reserves total 1.651 trillion bbl
(1,651,000,000,000)
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In 2010, global crude oil demand was 86.4 million barrels per day.
86,400,000,000x365=315360000000000000
Daily global crude oil demand 2006-2018 | Statistic

1,651,000,000,000/315360000000000000=19 years left

My math might be off but it looks like, at current rate of consumption all the known oil reserves will be used up in 19 years.

If the numbers are correct, we need to act now before it is too late !!

Any suggestions?

https://jalopnik.com/bp-says-the-world-only-has-53-years-of-oil-left-should-1602354842

 

[watchingfromafar]

North Sea is running too dry to meet target

Wednesday July 4, 2007

http://environment.guardian.co.uk/energy/story/0,,
2117952,00.html

The real casus belli: peak oil
Tuesday June 26, 2007
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0,,2
111529,00.html

Science Panel Finds Fault With Estimates of Coal Supply
Published: June 21, 2007 http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/21/business/21coal.
html

Chevron announces that they now have 11.8 years of oil left at current production levels after aquiring Unocal reserves
07/08/05

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/11/business/worldbu
siness/11unocal.html?pagewanted=2&adxnnl=1&
adxnnlx=1123732924-48wR07Ekayb0gi0r7b8l9Q

An Oil Enigma: Production Falls Even as Reserves Rise
Published: June 12, 2004
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/12/business/12RESE.
html?pagewanted=3&hp

"The decline of oil and gas will affect the world population more than climate change"
http://edition.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/europe/10/02/glo
bal.warming/'>http://edition.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/europe/10/02/glo
bal.warming/

In January 2001, the U.S.
Department of Energy estimated the world's supply of unexploited oil reserves the world supply of oil will be totally exhausted 35 years from now (June 2003).
http://members.aol.com/mpwright9/oil.html

World oil and gas 'running out'
Thursday, October 2, 2003 Posted: 1245 GMT ( 8:45 PM HKT)

http://edition.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/europe/10/02/glo
bal.warming/'>http://edition.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/europe/10/02/glo
bal.warming/

The Oil Crunch
Published: May 7, 2004
The question, instead, is when the trend in oil prices will turn decisively upward. That upward turn is inevitable as a growing world economy confronts a resource in limited supply. But when will it happen? Maybe it already has.

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/07/opinion/07KRUG.h
tml

Natural gas markets undergo turbulent transition as domestic production declines

Tuesday, December 16, 2003

http://www.statesman.com/business/content/auto/epa
per/editions/tuesday/business_f3edda2474a06071009b.
html

"Texas' oil resource is pretty well picked over," http://www.statesman.com/specialreports/content/sp
ecialreports/energy/0617oil.html'>http://www.statesman.com/specialreports/content/sp
ecialreports/energy/0617oil.html

Oman's Oil Yield Long in Decline, Shell Data Show
Published: April 8, 2004
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/08/business/08OIL.h
tml?hp

Half of Texas’s oil wells have dried up in the past 40 years and there are very few new ones.

http://www.statesman.com/specialreports/content/sp
ecialreports/energy/0617oil.html'>http://www.statesman.com/specialreports/content/sp
ecialreports/energy/0617oil.html

Tight Oil Supply Won't Ease Soon
Published: May 16, 2004
Two dollars for a gallon of gas? Get used to it. High fuel prices are here to stay, at least for the near future, because no relief is in sight for tight oil supplies.

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/16/business/16OIL.h
tml?pagewanted=2&hp&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=10
84724567-pWSKI+RB9bShA5oXGRQi4w

The end of the Fossil Fuel era is upon us so what are we going to do next-?

I think it is time for us to look around at other countries who see the end of oil around the corner----&-----work with the rest of us to find a solution?

In the here and now; where I am.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,. it's--
Tuesday
09/22/2020ad
@ 6:55 PM; CST

What time is it where you are-?
just asking

 

[AZrailwhale]

They've been saying we were nearly out of oil for over a hundred years. It sort of reminds me of a sailboat race I was once in where for the last six hours of the race the GPS estimated we were thirty minutes from the finish line.

 

[fncceo]

My hope is the human race will still be around after these new findings are all gone.

I'm pretty sure it's a little harder to kill us than you think.

 

[watchingfromafar]

Ton of oil off the California coast.

Oil is not measured in tons
no pun intended or implied
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