tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3395240.post109350994605462212..comments2024-01-08T16:59:20.338+00:00Comments on Freedom and Whisky: Is it oil over?David Farrerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09483264039944116992noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3395240.post-90657687748137162162012-11-03T12:05:30.696+00:002012-11-03T12:05:30.696+00:00Andrew Duffin
I don't think we need to panic....<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Andrew Duffin <br />I don't think we need to panic. There have been only about 35 years of oil supplies "left" for as long as I can remember. <br /> <br />Starting in about 1964.<br /><br />27 August 2004, 12:34:07 GMT+01:00<br />– Like – Reply<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Neil <br />Steve is right there may be enormous amounts of untapped David Farrerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09483264039944116992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3395240.post-76390775615019731842012-11-03T12:05:13.481+00:002012-11-03T12:05:13.481+00:00James Hammerton
Neil writes:
"Obviously t...James Hammerton <br />Neil writes: <br /> <br />"Obviously there is a finite amount of hydrocarbons on Earth (this does not apply to non-fuel resources like metals which can be reused as long as the refining technology exists) but we are nowhere near this limit." <br /> <br />I accept there is a finite amount of hydrocarbons on Earth. How do you know that we are "nowhere near this David Farrerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09483264039944116992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3395240.post-5121432019867832762012-11-03T12:04:37.385+00:002012-11-03T12:04:37.385+00:00David
Opec can only regulate supply for members, ...David <br />Opec can only regulate supply for members, and even then, it's merely a facade. We in the west can have a free market regardless of how free everyone elses' markets are. So, if OPEC puts an unnatural clamp on oil supplies, we find new sources of energy and new technologies (or, rather, implement the ones that have been quietly developing). Facing lower demand, OPEC would have David Farrerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09483264039944116992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3395240.post-59809511252915325322012-11-03T12:03:58.739+00:002012-11-03T12:03:58.739+00:00Comments made on previous template:
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Hydroge...Comments made on previous template:<br /><br />Neil <br />Hydrogen is a storage method not a power source - there are no hydrogen wells. <br /> <br />According to Professor Cohen of Pittsburg U there is sufficient uranium dissolved in seawater (not the best source but a calculable one) to keep our economy running at present rates for 4.5 billion years. I suspect something lasting may be found David Farrerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09483264039944116992noreply@blogger.com