V wrote:
> Peak oil is a conspiracy
>
> No, the oil shortages are artificial (as in supply logistics, such as
> not building any more refineries, and taking Iraq out of the supply)
> as well as the decline in the $, not because of "peak oil" being a
> fact. Why sell more for less, when you can sell less for more? Goat
>
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> V writes:
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> If one desires to be truth based, it is good to be skeptical and not a
> blissninny. But we must be careful about falling into the trap of a
> becoming a 'dogmatic skeptic' as opposed to a 'skeptical skeptic.'
> Lets reserve the title of dogmatic skeptic for our atheist friends and
> not those that desire to learn the truth with regard to peak oil
> issues.
>
> "If the public does think briefly about future oil supplies, the
> question usually asked is, "How long will oil last?" This is the wrong
> question. Oil will be extracted in some insignificant quantity perhaps
> 200 years from now. The critical question is: When does the peak of
> world oil production occur?" ~ Richard C. Duncan
>
> It may all be true that what we have been told about peak oil is a
> hoax. Same as the skeptics that claim global warming is a hoax. It may
> all be a conspiracy, just a cruel trick on the consumer to line the
> pockets of industry with more money...only time will settle this
> debate
>
> http://www.prisonplanet.com/archives/peak_oil/index.htm
>
> http://www.conspiracyplanet.com/channel.cfm?channelid=63&contentid=2097
>
> http://aftermathnews.wordpress.com/2007/05/31/mike-ruppert-and-peak-oil/
>
> http://www.energybulletin.net/4466.html
>
> I always tell the proponents saying peak oil is a conspiracy and think
> that we have an unlimited amount of oil, natural gas, coal,
> uranium...actions speak louder than words.
>
> We can look at Hubbert's prediction of the USA's peak.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peak_oil
>
> He was right.
>
> We can look at global oil production and see what the trend is.
>
> We can look at the trend in drilling to see how deep we have to go to
> find oil.
>
> We can look at the quality of crude being produced. Is it light sweet
> crude or high sulfur, heavy, hard to refine crude?
>
> Lately we have been putting much of our hope in the tar sands of
> Canada. When we have to get the oil out of the sand and shale it
> sounds like we are hitting the bottom of the barrel. Even talk about
> getting our gas from refining bitumen coal.
>
> We get about 15% of our natural gas from Canada. That 15% amounts to
> 50% of the natural gas Canada produces. The US sucks down more energy
> than any other country...no one can come close to us.
>
> Our demands for natural gas are on the rise, just as our demands are
> for all fossil fuels. Once demand outstrips production we are headed
> over Hubert's peak in any number of areas besides crude. We can see
> peak production issues in natural gas, uranium, food or water, just as
> we will see with crude oil.
>
> It is an easy task to see how much oil is produced in the world. But
> finding the 'exact peak date' for world oil production is hard to
> pinpoint. (see peak oil section)
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crude_oil
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> For one thing, some countries production are erratic and they are not
> transparent with their real production and discovery data.
>
> Also oil production is not an exact science and still requires a
> little luck. We may find a lucky hit down the road that brings in a
> gusher to distort some of the figures.
>
> No one knows the exact peak date for world oil production, but we do
> know that time will come in the not so distant future. But finding the
> peak is not hard problem once we can look back on it by a few
> years....but we need some time to do it...again, only time will settle
> this debate.
>
>
http://www.worldoil.com/INFOCENTER/STATISTICS_DETAIL.asp?Statfile=_worldoilproduction
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> http://hubbert.mines.edu/
>
>
http://www.mnforsustain.org/duncan_and_youngquist_encircling_oil.htm#The%20Wrong%20Question,%20And%20The%20Peak
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>
> Take care,
>
>
> V (Male)
>
> Agnostic Freethinker
> Practical Philosopher
> Futurist
Oil and gas are finite resources.
Once used they are gone forever.
Its only a question of time.
Personally, I think its already too late.
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