Let’s see. If we have 45 billion barrels underground at 20 million barrels a day of consumption we can supply ourselves for 3000 days-that’s what-10 years? Soon 20 million barrels per day won’t be enough-think AI. Then what? Seems like all of the above is the answer.
Oil generates about 0.5% of our energy, mostly in peaking plants. It will not be used at all for AI, as that is a pretty constant load. You might be thinking of Natural Gas, but the US has enough Recoverable Natural Gas reserves to last almost 100 years. Obviously, more will be found, but our strategy should be to develop more long term sustainable resources, like Nuclear Power. Nuclear Power is the solution to our energy needs, staring us in the face. But the left doesn’t want solution, they want us dead.
Very little electricity is producing using petroleum.