To: Joe Brower
When oil is gone That's not good Peak Oil theory. The oil won't run out, it will simply get more expensive until it cannot be considered a resource.
8 posted on
03/03/2004 12:55:19 PM PST by
RightWhale
(Theorems link concepts; proofs establish links)
To: RightWhale
Then we will go back to COAL, which ran the industry of this country until the mid 20th century. We used it to make gas for light and heat (that's what gasworks were for!) and we can make synthetic oil from it (which is what the Germans did and what S Africa does now).
To: RightWhale
Ethanol's not just for breakfast anymore...
To: RightWhale
I've heard of previously "empty" oil wells showing an ability to refill themselves.
21 posted on
03/03/2004 1:14:50 PM PST by
IYAS9YAS
(Go Fast, Turn Left!)
To: RightWhale
And then people will figure out that the new-generation nuke plants that were designed in the 80's and 90's will, in fact, work and be cost-efficient. And we'll dig more coal. Ho hum.
38 posted on
03/03/2004 2:38:26 PM PST by
eno_
(Freedom Lite - it's almost worth defending)
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