How many years before we run out of fossil fuels?

[AgaBoogaBoo]

As in, when will politicians begin to worry about this issue?

 

[jadinolf]

Originally posted by: AgaBooga
As in, when will politicians begin to worry about this issue?

Politicians worry?

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

Originally posted by: jadinolf

Originally posted by: AgaBooga
As in, when will politicians begin to worry about this issue?

Politicians worry?

Lol, ok, when will they make a big deal out of it?

I was much younger, but IIRC, Y2k wasn't made an issue by them for quite some time

I dought people will change their cars that quickly

 

[Chronoshock]

They'll pay attention when prices are too high to fix anything probably
Read http://www.lifeaftertheoilcrash.net/ for an interesting read. I'm sure its not entirely accurate but its one perspective to think about. I'm sure most people here have read it already as it circulated a lot a while back

 

[FoBoT]

hundreds, don't worry about it (right now)

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

Originally posted by: FoBoT
hundreds, don't worry about it (right now)

really? I thought it was a much smaller amount :Q

 

[Shawn]

537years 11months 4days 7hours 51mins 8seconds

 

[ReiAyanami]

Chevron/Texaco/BP estimate it to be 30-35 years. USGS (United States Geographical Survey or something) estimates it at 30 years. however these estimates don't fully account for the rapid growth China and India. so realistically, 20-30 years.

china right now grabs 1/2 of every new barrel of oil

 

[FoBoT]

BS
there are lots of untapped sources, the greenies and the tree huggers just won't let us get to it, yet

 

[Tea Bag]

tomorrow.

 

[RU482]

here we go again

they need to start a "the sky is falling" forum at AT

 

[LS20]

my opinion is twice the current estimate (~35 years)... there are a LOT of new prospects and also current reservoirs that arent fully extracted... as in its been tapped before, but new methods and reexamination allows for even more yield ...and also all the companies ive seen have had phenomenal reserve replacement rates... at least thats what i gather from all the recruiters. im a senior in geo

 

[mchammer187]

hopefully long enough so we can develop something like this

http://www.spiritofmaat.com/announce/newoil.htm

 

[Wahsapa]

a trillion barrels of oil are under canada, thats a lot.

edit: oh ya, GO BIO-DIESEL!! :thumbsup:

 

[MetalMat]

Man, I am reading that book "Life after the oil crash" right now. Really depressing, but I think this guy is looking at the absolute worse case scenario.

 

[MikeMike]

yup. if we could tap all the resources, we wouldnt be out of oil for much more than the 3 decades or so they are estimating. canada has one hell of a supply underneath them. alaska, and a lot of other places in the us.

MIKE

 

[Bateluer]

Originally posted by: FoBoT
BS
there are lots of untapped sources, the greenies and the tree huggers just won't let us get to it, yet

 

[BaboonGuy]

30 yrs is a pretty short amount of time.

 

[klah]

Originally posted by: Bateluer

Originally posted by: FoBoT
BS
there are lots of untapped sources, the greenies and the tree huggers just won't let us get to it, yet

Yep, once the soccer moms start screaming for the black goo to power their 400hp, 6000lb. baby shuttles the enviromentalists will lose.

 

[natto fire]

I wonder what the atmosphere is going to be like after we are done burning all the oil?

 

[Eli]

The issue isn't running out of oil, it is running out of cheap oil.

And we really don't know. It could be 10 years, it could be 100. It totally depends on how our technology advances and whether we find any new vast oil reserves or not.

 

[iwantanewcomputer]

the real question is when we run out of greenies and tree huggers....

 

[vegetation]

Most of those figures are old and don't account for Russia's vast oil deposits in the equation.

 

[Psycho18]

Originally posted by: mchammer187
hopefully long enough so we can develop something like this

http://www.spiritofmaat.com/announce/newoil.htm

I can't wait!! :Q

 

[aircooled]

Hemp can fix the problem.