A related issue is, of course, what we use the oil for. Given the finite nature of crude oil (no matter how many new sources are found) and the vast array of uses for petrochemical products (our modern societies would collapse without plastics) it strikes me (apart from the whole CO2-global warming issue) that the craziest and most wasteful thing we can do with the stuff is just burn it. We need a lot more work on alternative energy sources.
Francis On 24 Jun., 16:20, ornamentalmind <[email protected]> wrote: > I find the entire notion of 'our mercy' or 'our oil' to be quite > strange. Perhaps some of you do own oil wells. I don't. And, as the > stock market becomes healthy, gas prices go up again, since > deregulation. Notice that it has about doubled...at least where I > live. > > On Jun 23, 4:49 pm, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I think I remember reading about a strategy to hold onto as much black > > gold as possible in order to allow sufficient time for others to run > > out, and sooner or later they will, so that we could have the leading > > edge in the oil supply. It would be something to finally have opec at > > our mercy for a change, that is if the strategy is feasible. > > > On Jun 23, 2:37 pm, ornamentalmind <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > We have had differing discussions on black tea over the years, I just > > > ran across these two apparently different interpretations of onshore > > > oil in the mid-USA. > > > So, what do you think? > > > >http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=1911 > > > >http://www.theoildrum.com/node/3868-Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
