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Originally posted by Catholicity View Postwell according to the sign at the gas station right down to 1.59/gallon. I can't say I hate it at the moment. It helps my wallet. EVENTUALLY if people save money it will be good for other growth?
I'm referring to "Peak Oil".The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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oh that....demand for oil is going down etc. gotta love it when predictions fall. I don't know. It looks like a typical "cycle" in the human race. We demand something, the supply goes up or down and thus the price. typical economics.A happy family is but an earlier heaven.
George Bernard Shaw
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People have been predicting "peak oil" for a long time now (as in, decades). So far, new methods for discovery and extraction have outpaced consumption.Veritas vos Liberabit<>< Learn Greek <>< Look here for an Orthodox Church in America<><Ancient Faith Radio
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Originally posted by One Bad Pig View PostPeople have been predicting "peak oil" for a long time now (as in, decades). So far, new methods for discovery and extraction have outpaced consumption.
Plus, as you point out, fracking and other extraction methods are getting way cheaper than they initially were.
I think the Saudis overplayed their hand, and are only shooting themselves in the foot and butt and mouth....The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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Peak Oil is inevitable, oil is a finite resource at one day we will have extracted most the oil that it is economically feasible to extract.
At that point oil prices will rise.
We will never really run out of oil, but it will become more expensive.
When will that happen, that's a really complicated question. And I don't have the answer to it.
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Originally posted by Leonhard View PostPeak Oil is inevitable, oil is a finite resource at one day we will have extracted most the oil that it is economically feasible to extract.
At that point oil prices will rise.
We will never really run out of oil, but it will become more expensive.
When will that happen, that's a really complicated question. And I don't have the answer to it.
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with electric cars and fuel cell technology, soon oil and gas demands will drop even lower. and i think soon we will be able to make our own low cost artificial petroleum products for creating plastics, lubricants, etc.
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Originally posted by Sparko View Postwith electric cars and fuel cell technology, soon oil and gas demands will drop even lower. and i think soon we will be able to make our own low cost artificial petroleum products for creating plastics, lubricants, etc.Veritas vos Liberabit<>< Learn Greek <>< Look here for an Orthodox Church in America<><Ancient Faith Radio
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Originally posted by Leonhard View PostPeak Oil is inevitable,
oil is a finite resource at one day we will have extracted most the oil that it is economically feasible to extract.
At that point oil prices will rise.
We will never really run out of oil, but it will become more expensive.
When will that happen, that's a really complicated question. And I don't have the answer to it.The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.
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Actually even if you charge an electric car from a coal power plant, it would still produce less CO2 than if you drove a diesel car.
The transition to solar power and wind will happen in the richest country first. The middle income country will transition to a fifty fifty mixture likely. And the poorest countries will get coal power and diesel, but they'll consume relatively little compared to what we did.
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