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Bang Guy http:///t/390237/that-whole-global-warming-thing-is-such-a-joke/40#post_3455152
You went from "our lifetimes" to "the lifetimes of our grandkids". Do you really believe that? Could be true but I'm skeptical. Apologies for being so abrupt with my previous comment.
No worries... It isn't as if, a good pot stir isn't fun...
But seriously, take my statement into 2 parts. What is long sighted?
And yes I really do believe we could have access to CRAPLOADS of oil.
2 things, there are the salesmen that run around promoting certain finds. What they do is listen to the geologists who say ok, well, we have a range of potential oil production, (in years). For instance, in south texas there is a shale oil find, called Eagle Ford Shale. They think there is anywhere from 30 to 75 years of production. Based on some different oil prices. Realistically I take that number and split it down the middle. Which I feel is beyond safe. Because those number don't necessarily take into account a change in technology. And make no mistake about it, the saying should be, well it ain't petroleum engineering (instead of rocket science)... (they actually have technological break through in the oil industry) Anyway, this is one of 5-6 different equally promising oil finds in the United States. If these finds pan out. (production in south Texas is booming right now)
You're talking geologic models showing bigger reserves than all the middle east... There is another one out in west Texas. There is another one in 20 feet of water off the coast of Louisiana. There are a couple in the Rockies (on federal lands and they're not leasing it out), there are the oil sands in Canada (the one they're trying to build the pipeline from that Obama is blocking) There are major reserves in Alaska. This is on top of already known reserves that are being pumped.
The other thing, is that EACH major find is going through major legal issues from the tree hugger crowd. In west texas they're having major issues because of the range of some dang "endangered species lizard." They're going after the the Eagle Ford Shale for "causing earth quakes" (I'm not kidding)
Anyway, That is just what we know now. And these are finds discovered within the last 15 years. (these are just in the North America) There is a decent find off the coast of Cuba. There is still more oil leaking out of the ground (naturally) in the Gulf of Mexico daily than what came spewing out of the Macondo well every day... You know they think Israel has 250 billion barrels of oil feasible at 30-40 dollars a barrel...
Here is the deal, we have a plentiful inexpensive (if the government doesn't hamper it at every turn) energy source. It is efficient, current technologies make it really clean... And the doomsday predictors are just that, or making political statements because they have a stake in the alchemy industry of global warming...