Oil Running Out Far Faster Than Predicted »
Posted By Mikunited 1 month, 1 week ago in Science & TechnologyInternational Energy Agency forecast has got it wrong and bowed to vested interests, say Uppsala University experts
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EKB_1 month, 1 week ago
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After reading the article and looking at the IEA map vs the Uppsala map, I would be more inclined to believe the IEA's prediction. If you look at the maps, the "currently producing fields", shown in dark blue are virtually identical in both reports. There for the differences in the prediction are do to the other variables. Thhe biggest difference is the Uppsala prediction shows significantly less production from undeveloped fields and fields yet to be found. This would only occur if we assume there are no other significant technological innovations in exploration and production. In the next 20 years the only thing that will cause oil production to decrease (as uppsala sugests) is not dwindling supplies, but possible dwindling demand in which case prices will level out. The following 20 years after that will likely see supplies dwindle and begin to run out.
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truthiness1 month, 1 week ago
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regardless of how much oil there really is, we know we need to get off of it.
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it pollutes the air we breathe, and it makes us dependant on foriegn nations.
we have to develop technology that will allow solar power to become viable as our primary source. it is abundant, never-ending, non-polluting, and free.-
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beavith11 month, 1 week ago
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efficiency improvements are far cheaper and far easier to reap.
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...we have to develop technology that will allow solar power to become viable as our primary source. it is abundant, never-ending, non-polluting, and free...
that's not really true, at least at this point.
solar is plentiful, but its very dilute and only available half the day or less.
it sure isn't non-polluting. the process of making solar panels (for electricity generation) is expensive and uses all kinds of toxic materials. its also very expensive.
what we need is something that provides steady baseline power that has no atmospheric impact. right now, for better or worse, its nuclear.
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blowback1 month, 1 week ago
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Good.
Then we can move on to the Water Wars.
Running out of oil and running out of water
spells out a bigger problem.
We, as a species, are running out of time.
The last grains are falling through the hourglass.
Is it too late for us to change?
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