will oil run out when I Am alive?

[z4chris99]

I'm 25... say I have 60 years left

will oil run out? (by run out I mean for general use, I do understand it will never really run out just become very expensive to extract)

[Steffan]

No. But it will get progressively costlier.

[Great Pretender]

Steffan said:

No. But it will get progressively costlier.

This.

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[z4chris99]

so we switch to electric/hydrogen etc cars

what do all the big boats switch to?

[tank slapper]

z4chris99 said:

what do all the big boats switch to?

I wouldn't be surprised to see sail used again for non-time critical voyages. It has already been experimented with for cargo ships. Failing that there is still plenty of coal about.

[Odie]

Prices increase, but more oil has been discovered in recent years that has previously been known, their are 100s of years worth of oil under the ground, some at depths that current technology cant get too.

[J B L]

tank slapper said:

z4chris99 said:

what do all the big boats switch to?

I wouldn't be surprised to see sail used again for non-time critical voyages. It has already been experimented with for cargo ships. Failing that there is still plenty of coal about.

How about planes?

[Steffan]

J B L said:

tank slapper said:

z4chris99 said:

what do all the big boats switch to?

I wouldn't be surprised to see sail used again for non-time critical voyages. It has already been experimented with for cargo ships. Failing that there is still plenty of coal about.

How about planes?

You would have the devil of a job getting the sails up on a plane.

[Buff Mchugelarge]

Steffan said:

J B L said:

tank slapper said:

z4chris99 said:

what do all the big boats switch to?

I wouldn't be surprised to see sail used again for non-time critical voyages. It has already been experimented with for cargo ships. Failing that there is still plenty of coal about.

How about planes?

You would have the devil of a job getting the sails up on a plane.

[egor110]

We return to the wilds west, riding around on horses, buses are stage coaches, trains are steam trains.

[dmulally]

egor110 said:

We return to the wilds west, riding around on horses, buses are stage coaches, trains are steam trains.

Geez those were the days. They dont know how good they had it back then. I try to live my life EXACTLY as they did back in the wild west and I think I am doing a good job.

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[davepoth]

J B L said:

How about planes?

They run on biokerosene, and get very, very expensive again. On the plus side it would probably make Concorde viable...

[thinfourth2]

z4chris99 said:

what do all the big boats switch to?

Big boats otherwise known as ships are actually hugely economical so they will carry on using oil for a very long time

[Sleepers]

dmulally said:

Geez those were the days. They dont know how good they had it back then. I try to live my life EXACTLY as they did back in the wild west and I think I am doing a good job.

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[Puggit]

According to the green brigade when I was a child, we've already run out...

[isee]

Won't run out for a while yet. apart from new discoveries there is also new tech. so we will just find a way to economicaly exploit oil that is currently not viable etc.

[Eric Mc]

The Germans designed a coal powered jet engine during World War 2.

[xRIEx]

z4chris99 said:

what do all the big boats switch to?

Nuclear power? Big military ships use it of course, no idea if it could ever be feasible on a commercial scale.

[speedy_thrills]

Steffan said:

No. But it will get progressively costlier.

Or people will accept an imperfect replacement, coal powered steam cars perhaps?

I've always wondered if there was a way to hedge myself against rising energy prices by buying shares?

[Eric Mc]

Only four nuclear powered commercial cargo ships was ever built. The most famous was the SS Savannah.



She is currently preserved but not accessable to the public as no firm decisions *have been taken on how to decommission her reactor.