How much natural gas does the United States have, and how long will it last? (84 years)

Dept. of Energy ^ | 11/18/2015 | Dept of Energy

[Signalman]

How much natural gas does the United States have, and how long will it last?

The U.S. Energy Information Administration estimates that as of January 1, 2013 there were about 2,276 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) of technically recoverable resources of dry natural gas in the United States. At the rate of U.S. dry natural gas consumption in 2013 of about 27 Tcf per year, the United States has enough natural gas to last about 84 years. The actual number of years will depend on the amount of natural gas consumed each year, natural gas imports and exports, and additions to natural gas reserves.

Technically recoverable reserves consist of proved reserves and unproved resources. Proved reserves of crude oil and natural gas are the estimated volumes expected to be produced, with reasonable certainty, under existing economic and operating conditions. Unproved resources of crude oil and natural gas are additional volumes estimated to be technically recoverable without consideration of economics or operating conditions, based on the application of current technology.

[CodeToad]

In 1968 some liberal idiots the liberals touted as gods of population theory wrote a book, The Population Bomb. In that book, they proclaimed the Earth could not possibly support more than 4 billion people and everyone would starve to death.

They gave kinds of nonsense “facts”, figures, charts, numbers, and equations to “prove” their “man must die” Luddite theory. the book was a sensational hit in the academic crowd, and, therefore, with all liberals.

None of what they proclaimed would happen ever did.

Same with the Ozone Hole. Liberals proclaimed we had to stop using CFC chemicals. We did. The hole is still there. It was never man-made as they claimed.

[ChessExpert]

You are absolutely right about Paul Ehrlich’s The Population Bomb.

An amusing story. Ehrlich’s doom and gloom included increased scarcity of commodities. Economist Julian Simon noted that this would lead to increased prices. He further noted this would be at variance with century old trends of declining prices due to market induced improvements in technology. Simon made a cash wager with Ehrlich, that prices would be lower in a decade. Simon won. From Wikipedia:

Ehrlich selected the metals to be used himself, and at the time of the bet called it an “astonishing offer” that he was accepting “before other greedy people jump in.”

[ChessExpert]

“Same with the Ozone Hole. Liberals proclaimed we had to stop using CFC chemicals. We did. The hole is still there. It was never man-made as they claimed.”

Thanks for reminding me about the Ozone Hole. I scanned the Wikipedia article. IMO, If this is all the historical data we have, then nothing can be concluded:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Min_ozone.jpg/555px-Min_ozone.jpg