Made you look though.

Just thought of a way of reducing our debts. Revert back to the billion being 10^12 instead of 10^9. Then we'd only be a bit over a billion in debt and all will be wellMaybe he's still thinking in long scale![]()
'We' as in the world is that?...You are a maths teacher. We use 87 million barrels per day. How many decades will that keep us going for then? It won't be cheap either as it's difficult terrain.
60 billion barrels would last the UK a hundred years at that rate, which is 10 decades'We' as in the world is that?...You are a maths teacher. We use 87 million barrels per day. How many decades will that keep us going for then? It won't be cheap either as it's difficult terrain.
The UK only uses about 1.6million barrels a day...
Could keep us in supplies for quite a time...or a greater income given the inevitable price rise - which makes it more economical to raise ...

O ly way they can steam in is in support of the S. Americans who they detest with a passion.im surprised the yanks havnt steamed in and claimed it,lets face it they always do when it comes to oil.
Possibly. Could also suggest that 60 billion barrels is small fry in comparison to what the US reckons it has in reserve.Which suggest they know there isn't really a lot. It's the oldest trick in the book - advertise the new gold rush and fools will rush in with their money. South Sea Bubble comes to mind.

Which is what we should have done with Nth Sea Oil.
I hope that if there is oil in the Falklands and we do get a claim on it that we don't just sell it on the open market for the Yanks to squander. We need to make the stuff last for our children's, children's, children.