"We may or may not be running out of the stuff..."Boy, that pretty well sums up the entire controversy, doesn't it?
But how does that create "... the real possibility that we are going have to find a replacement anyway."???
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"I have spent a few weeks google searching biomass, synthesis gas and associated chemistry. It seems like a reasonable approach."
Wow, that much time??
Some people spend their entire lives studying these subjects and yet aren't willing to make a conclusion like that!
Whether we are running out of oil on a global level or not, it does us no good shipping our treasure over seas. There is a real possibility we may need to find a replacement for geopolitical reasons.
I have a reasonable grasp of science and mathematics. I have read a few thousand pages of material and ran the numbers because I found it interesting. I said it sounded reasonable. I did not claim expertise. I am asking for information and interested in reading the debate.
You seem rather judgmental and pejorative without actually providing any information or even an opinion.