Fossil Fuels Plentiful

[InRareForm]

http://www.livescience.com/37469-fue...l?cmpid=514627

the earth grimaces..

[spurraider21]

[spurraider21]

"here's the bad news. that we'll never run out of fossil fuels."

we'll run out of oil by 2000
we'll run out of oil by 2010
we'll run out of oil by 2020

[boutons_deux]

peak "easy" oil is clearly passed.

so exploration and extraction is much more expensive, more prone to catastrophic accidents. fracking has the Red Queen problem, Gulf of MX oil is miles down, S is fumbling, bumbling it's way into the Arctic, etc, etc.

[spurraider21]

just pointing out the alarmism and fear-mongering

[boutons_deux]

just pointing out the alarmism and fear-mongering

burning all oil in the ground will certainly be catastrophic.

[spurraider21]

burning all oil in the ground will certainly be catastrophic.

possible... but not the point

we're going to run out of fossil fuels by 2000
we're running out of oil