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To: Poison Pill; FLT-bird; Big Red Badger; Boomer
So is the belief that we can continue to increase the rate of oil extraction to keep up with the yearly 3-4% GDP growth we all want.

Which law of physics informs that statement?

33 posted on 08/27/2022 6:46:59 AM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spiritI)
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To: Pontiac

It not a question of physics. If a unit of energy that produced 1 million BTUs required 1.1 million BTUs of energy to extract, you wouldn’t go get it.


47 posted on 08/27/2022 7:29:18 AM PDT by Poison Pill
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To: Pontiac

Second law of
ThemoDynamics.
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Everything is winding down.
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Cheap oil is vastly Superior to Electricity.


75 posted on 08/27/2022 9:11:01 AM PDT by Big Red Badger (We Are JONAH)
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