How long will Siberia's gas last?

Skybird · 12-18-07, 06:06 PM

News from the cold:

http://www.spiegel.de/international/...524140,00.html

SUBMAN1 · 12-18-07, 06:31 PM

The Russians know this. That is why they are trying to lay claim to open ocean oil fields.

-S

Stealth Hunter · 12-18-07, 07:17 PM

Our world's oil supply is actually really close to running out... that is until someone comes along and discovers a new supply. Then we're OK.

Pity we're so desperate and dependant on oil.

SUBMAN1 · 12-18-07, 08:33 PM

Give it time. When oil becomes expensive enough, probably around $5 a gallon for US people, the alternatives will come pouring out of the woodwork.

I assume BP will tap their knowledge and begin to extract oil from our oil shale soon. They made a cheap way to extract oil from oil shale, almost as cheap as pumping it out of the ground. Lets see if they can make a large production out of it. Those British people are clever sometimes.

Problem is, someone will say that some cotton tail deer is endangered or something by it since most of that oil shale (the worlds majority of it no less) is sitting on Federal National Forest land!

-S

Zachstar · 12-18-07, 10:29 PM

Oil Shale isn't enough to put a real dent in anything right now. What is needed is FUSION.

Thankfully tho solar cell technology is causing price per watt to drop so fast that it might be economical to power your home from it and your car with a giant rooftop array in a few years. This is only a stopgap tho. That and more advanced wind turbines.

SUBMAN1 · 12-18-07, 10:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Zachstar

Oil Shale isn't enough to put a real dent in anything right now. What is needed is FUSION.

Thankfully tho solar cell technology is causing price per watt to drop so fast that it might be economical to power your home from it and your car with a giant rooftop array in a few years. This is only a stopgap tho. That and more advanced wind turbines.

Excuse me? We have a couple Saudi Arabia's worth of oil in our backyard? Fusion - nice concept, but I think you really want hydrogen and are mixing up the two. Fusion will come in due time. Hydrogen however will be the fuel of the future since it is as limitless as the ocean.

By the way, I doubt the public will like rolling around in radioactive cars. Might cause a scene if an accident happens!

-S

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12-18-07, 08:33 PM	#4
SUBMAN1 Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 11,866 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Give it time. When oil becomes expensive enough, probably around $5 a gallon for US people, the alternatives will come pouring out of the woodwork. I assume BP will tap their knowledge and begin to extract oil from our oil shale soon. They made a cheap way to extract oil from oil shale, almost as cheap as pumping it out of the ground. Lets see if they can make a large production out of it. Those British people are clever sometimes. Problem is, someone will say that some cotton tail deer is endangered or something by it since most of that oil shale (the worlds majority of it no less) is sitting on Federal National Forest land! -S __________________

12-18-07, 10:29 PM	#5
Zachstar Sea Lord Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Shreveport, Louisiana Posts: 1,956 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	Oil Shale isn't enough to put a real dent in anything right now. What is needed is FUSION. Thankfully tho solar cell technology is causing price per watt to drop so fast that it might be economical to power your home from it and your car with a giant rooftop array in a few years. This is only a stopgap tho. That and more advanced wind turbines. __________________

12-18-07, 07:17 PM	#3
Stealth Hunter Silent Hunter Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Y'ha-Nthlei Posts: 4,262 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	Our world's oil supply is actually really close to running out... that is until someone comes along and discovers a new supply. Then we're OK. Pity we're so desperate and dependant on oil.