The Era of Oil Is Nearing Its End: Do You Agree?
Heisenberg
2012/08/14 22:00:00
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MCCLATCHYDC.COM reports:
After nearly a decade of warnings that the world’s oil supply was running out, Americans now are hearing about technology breakthroughs that can unlock vast U.S. deposits of natural gas, help reverse a 40-year slide in domestic oil production and perhaps transform America into the next Middle East. But despite the euphoria, there’s a major problem: The looming American oil glut may simply not be enough to sate the United States and the rest of motorized humanity.
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Marcus Clark 2012/08/15 00:25:20
been more use of Wind & Solar. They are expanding Solar to the extent of
having Schools to teach installment and maintaining the Solar Systems.
Grace to you, Glory to God!
Simply put, we have to use something other than oil eventually.
2. The ability to economically MANUFACTURE oil ("economically" at today's oil prices) from waste products is proven technology; the only barriers to doing so are regulatory, which is strange since the waste byproducts of the most efficient and economical process are usable trace elements and pure water. *shrugs* Stupid eco-freaks don't like turning sewage into clean water and having the water treatment paid for by high-quality petro product.
3. Alternative fuels and energy have proven to be either prohibitively expensive or unworkable so far. Solar and wind for electricity? Small scale only, as ENERGY STORAGE and "TRANSPORT are the primary barriers to usefulness, quite apart from wildlife destruction,, etc., by wind. So far, no one has come up with a storage system (batteries, etc.) to make such energy production useful on a widespread basis, and simple storage for electricity...
2. The ability to economically MANUFACTURE oil ("economically" at today's oil prices) from waste products is proven technology; the only barriers to doing so are regulatory, which is strange since the waste byproducts of the most efficient and economical process are usable trace elements and pure water. *shrugs* Stupid eco-freaks don't like turning sewage into clean water and having the water treatment paid for by high-quality petro product.
3. Alternative fuels and energy have proven to be either prohibitively expensive or unworkable so far. Solar and wind for electricity? Small scale only, as ENERGY STORAGE and "TRANSPORT are the primary barriers to usefulness, quite apart from wildlife destruction,, etc., by wind. So far, no one has come up with a storage system (batteries, etc.) to make such energy production useful on a widespread basis, and simple storage for electricity grid distribution is problematic as well. a.) The most efficient storage system involves pairing wind or solar electricity production with hydro-electric production (using the energy to pump a closed water system, etc.), but that adds a level of expense and begs the question of why so many hydro-electric plants are being taken offline (by removing the dams that make them possible), since hydro is about the "cleanest" generator of electricity and is not subject to the off-peak use issues that solar, and often wind, are.
The only _real_ answer greenie weenies (when one compels or tricks a wee tad of honesty from them) have is that we "need" fewer people and everyone (except the greenie weenies, of course) must be poorer. Especially the "brown people" in "developing" countries who MUST NOT be allowed to develop their own energy resources. For the good of "Gaia" of course (since mankind is a scourge).
*feh*
Funny then they say Romneys the guy sending JOBs to China? Huh?
PS: Many people don't realize that we don't just use oil to power cars. Think of all the things that are made of plastic. Synthetic fiber, disposable syringes, consumer electronics casings... the list is endless. It's madness to waste this valuable and limited resource on cheap trinkets, not to mention burning oil to power vehicles.