Oil running out?

bet you get invited to loads of parties Joe , happy go lucky bundle of laughs type of guy
 
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well, there is a slightly different slant on this admittedly rather protracted and oft revisited subject. The main problem with oil running out is not to do with energy, which frankly using oil to produce is criminal, it's that oil is an extremely useful chemical soup used to produce all sorts of stuff. But I'm on the optimists side, yeah things will change, going abroad will be an adventure again, stuff will have to be made out of sustainable materials such as wood. World populations will have to change, either by our doing, or nature in it's infinite wisodom will force that upon us. So yeah life will change, but the one thing about human kind is we are adaptable, it's why we are supposedly top to the tree.

You can't be serious about using wood. It's laughable.

Not really, it's been used for loads of things, incl TV's radio's, cars etc. what's laughable about wood. it's a good fuel too. Even makes good packaging too, in the form of paper / cardboard. Fully biodegradable.
 
Where are you going to grow all this wood? How long will it take to grow? How much energy will it take to process? How cheap will it be? Great for building - but useless as a fuel - and it's fuel that we need.
 
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Joe.... you are a lost cause.

We will find more oil (and coal) with advances in technology. We have barely touched the surface on extraction of fossil fuels. They are not running out, merely a bit more difficult to extract. To be able to venture one more mile under the North Sea will produce 90 percent more Natural Gas THAN WE HAVE EVER USED.

No scientific ground breaking law defying there Joe, just basic engineering advances. The same has been PROVED for Oil and Coal in there respective locations.

Gas can be made - its been done before and still continues. (Look at the Isle of Man).

To say you are narrow minded is an understatement!

Why not start on global warming? It will be a bit more refreshing than this oil debate we are all tired of.

Paul
 
Where are you going to grow all this wood? How long will it take to grow? How much energy will it take to process? How cheap will it be? Great for building - but useless as a fuel - and it's fuel that we need.


in forests. not very long, not very much energy to process at all. very cheap. why is it useless as a fuel?

sorry but namsag is infinitley more funny than you and intrseting FACT
 
Joe seeing as your a merchant of doom i doubt you would get them.
Look on the bright side you can still get manmade ropes for when you hang yourself and wont have to rely on ones made from oil by products
 
Joe.... you are a lost cause.

We will find more oil (and coal) with advances in technology. We have barely touched the surface on extraction of fossil fuels. They are not running out, merely a bit more difficult to extract. To be able to venture one more mile under the North Sea will produce 90 percent more Natural Gas THAN WE HAVE EVER USED.

No scientific ground breaking law defying there Joe, just basic engineering advances. The same has been PROVED for Oil and Coal in there respective locations.

Gas can be made - its been done before and still continues. (Look at the Isle of Man).

To say you are narrow minded is an understatement!

Why not start on global warming? It will be a bit more refreshing than this oil debate we are all tired of.

Paul

OK let's see a few websites. Over to you.

PS There has been no major oil field found since the late 60s.

The North Sea only ever (at its peak) produced 3 million barrels per day - yet the World uses almost 90 million barrels per day. It's hardly worth drilling for.
 
Being optomistic will help manage a huge problem but not solve it.
We LOVE our way of life, with lots of money, cars, gadgets, holidays etc (me included).
Oil depletion will hit the rising population burden head on with force. This country is booming with the lowest classes, "babies" have more babies!
Many people here will have a nice shiney car on the drive and money in the bank, more and more people are becoming part of the social underclass instead.
Whats that got to do with no oil? Well when we start to run low, or when it starts to become unviable to transport goods etc. people will riot.
If the welfare system failed due to the knock-on effect then all the mental cases on the council estates will start riots.
Watch any country around the world where there are sudden food shortages, it becomes a catalist for social unrest!

"Nine meals away from anarchy"

PS. Did I mension added racial tension to this cocktail??
 
If you say so.
But then again you say no major oil finds since the 60`s
That would be ignoring the one in Brazil in 2008 that has estimated reserves of 33 billion barrells making it the worlds 3 rd largest.
Or the one in gulf of mexico with 15 billion barrells that increased the US reseves by 50%
 
god you didnt look on the internet for that did you. Thats Joes trick!
 
If you say so.
But then again you say no major oil finds since the 60`s
That would be ignoring the one in Brazil in 2008 that has estimated reserves of 33 billion barrells making it the worlds 3 rd largest.
Or the one in gulf of mexico with 15 billion barrells that increased the US reseves by 50%

We use nearly a billion barrels every 11 days - you do the sums. How long will they last? Sorry but you aint just saved the world.
 
thats strange according to this dumb google thingy it says that north sea oil produced 84.9 million barrels of oil a day in the mid 80s and averaged over 6 million a day in the late 90s. What a wonder this google thing is
 
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