Anyone else genuinely scared of the dwindling fuel supplies?
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I've not been on this site now for nearly 3 years, circumstances changed and i seemed to forget, I used to be on here all the time. Any way i'm currently working in the middle east for 4 months and its a country thats always been sitting pretty on oil. Well all i've heard for the last month is how there really ain't much left.
This induces feelings of sheer panic! I feel almost depressed to think that in the not too distant future, the love of my life who is currently tucked up in a de-humidified, air conditioned, carpeted garage in the UK will soon enough be un-usable.
Will we really run out of oil? I came on here because there's always someone who knows everything about anything and if thats you then please can you metaphorically sit me down, rub my back, hand me a coffee and whisper "every thing is going to be ok"
Cheers
Ben
This induces feelings of sheer panic! I feel almost depressed to think that in the not too distant future, the love of my life who is currently tucked up in a de-humidified, air conditioned, carpeted garage in the UK will soon enough be un-usable.
Will we really run out of oil? I came on here because there's always someone who knows everything about anything and if thats you then please can you metaphorically sit me down, rub my back, hand me a coffee and whisper "every thing is going to be ok"
Cheers
Ben
hackett said:
Well all i've heard for the last month is how there really ain't much left.
This induces feelings of sheer panic! I feel almost depressed
This induces feelings of sheer panic! I feel almost depressed
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNQRfBAzSzo
Yes I am, and I think the position the worlds major players take on the matter is appauling. It is much too passive, it is as if we are just sweeping the problem under the rug and figure we will confront it when the times comes we have to, but that is human nature isnt it, to wait until things get to the point where you MUST do something about it.
Do this for me all, on your drive to work today and on the way back home this evening, take a look around you at all the vehicles on the road, picture then a container of a gallon of water like the ones you buy at a supermarket, then think of how many of those is needed to fill up each and every one of the hundreds upon hundreds of vehicles passing you or driving next to you.
When you really think about it, it seems almost impossible doesnt it that we can keep up with the demand. the oil drills must be pumping non stop! Now imagine on a day just like any other, business as usual, the workers on the oil rig are swapping shifts, the drills are pumping full force until, BAM!!!! suddenly the drills are pumping but nothing is coming out. Small spurts of oil and a bit of left over make its way but not the usual stream of oil as just minutes before and decades prior.
They shut down the drills and call in the inspector and engineers to have a look, must be a break in the line perhaps. But upon further and closer inspection a much more frightening scenario reveals itself.
No more oil. And that is just the beginning, as only days after the very same thing begins to happen at oil rigs all across the world.
WHEN that happens, lets just hope our governments handle it with a bit more delicacy than how they handle other unplanned catastrophes... anyone have hope they will?
Do this for me all, on your drive to work today and on the way back home this evening, take a look around you at all the vehicles on the road, picture then a container of a gallon of water like the ones you buy at a supermarket, then think of how many of those is needed to fill up each and every one of the hundreds upon hundreds of vehicles passing you or driving next to you.
When you really think about it, it seems almost impossible doesnt it that we can keep up with the demand. the oil drills must be pumping non stop! Now imagine on a day just like any other, business as usual, the workers on the oil rig are swapping shifts, the drills are pumping full force until, BAM!!!! suddenly the drills are pumping but nothing is coming out. Small spurts of oil and a bit of left over make its way but not the usual stream of oil as just minutes before and decades prior.
They shut down the drills and call in the inspector and engineers to have a look, must be a break in the line perhaps. But upon further and closer inspection a much more frightening scenario reveals itself.
No more oil. And that is just the beginning, as only days after the very same thing begins to happen at oil rigs all across the world.
WHEN that happens, lets just hope our governments handle it with a bit more delicacy than how they handle other unplanned catastrophes... anyone have hope they will?
Exhaustion of exploitable reserves isn't worth worrying about. What is a problem is security/country stability, speculators, cartels, oil company profiteering, and taxation, etc. i.e. getting the oil to market/petrol pumps consistently and at a non-economically destructive price. But this applies to most forms of energy.
OP, I'm really sorry I cannot be more positive. To be so, I fear, would be to no good end.
Yes, we are in big trouble. And it will happen sooner than you think. The darkness is here and I feel for you that you have sot seen it happen.
In terms of your combustion-engined toy, yes, it is a shame that it is now worthless. Absolutely worthless, a zero-value item. The quicker you face up to that the better. So get a grip and man up to the facts.
Now, I'm a kind fellow and never like to see a chap in distress. In your hour of darkness I may be able to offer you a ray of sunshine.
Luckily I'm the in position to be be able to take your useless machine off your hands. Obviously I'd normally charge for this service, but for you I'll take it for free.
Now dry your eyes, lift that chin up and PM me the vehicle details and collection address. There's a good chap.
Yes, we are in big trouble. And it will happen sooner than you think. The darkness is here and I feel for you that you have sot seen it happen.
In terms of your combustion-engined toy, yes, it is a shame that it is now worthless. Absolutely worthless, a zero-value item. The quicker you face up to that the better. So get a grip and man up to the facts.
Now, I'm a kind fellow and never like to see a chap in distress. In your hour of darkness I may be able to offer you a ray of sunshine.
Luckily I'm the in position to be be able to take your useless machine off your hands. Obviously I'd normally charge for this service, but for you I'll take it for free.
Now dry your eyes, lift that chin up and PM me the vehicle details and collection address. There's a good chap.
I think there are two reasons not to particularly worry.
Firstly, we wont actually run out of petrol, there's loads down there. The question is simply how much it costs to get it out of the ever more difficult to access oil fields that are left. So prices will continue to rise, but as long as there is demand there will be supply.
Secondly, petrol engines can be run on bio-fuels with minimal modification.
Firstly, we wont actually run out of petrol, there's loads down there. The question is simply how much it costs to get it out of the ever more difficult to access oil fields that are left. So prices will continue to rise, but as long as there is demand there will be supply.
Secondly, petrol engines can be run on bio-fuels with minimal modification.
ESOG said:
. No more oil. And that is just the beginning, as only days after the very same thing begins to happen at oil rigs all across the world.
WHEN that happens, lets just hope our governments handle it with a bit more delicacy than how they handle other unplanned catastrophes... anyone have hope they will?
You do realise that oil companies have a pretty good idea of what's in each field, and that all the oil fields aren't linked. WHEN that happens, lets just hope our governments handle it with a bit more delicacy than how they handle other unplanned catastrophes... anyone have hope they will?
The oil will last past our lifetime - it will just get more difficult to extract from more difficult places, more inhabited locations and of course sandshale. Cost of raw material will raise and eventually land based oil seed production will compete heavily with food crops for space.
We might as well enjoy our car now as eventually private ownership will cease.
Wecome to the Motor law (2070).
We might as well enjoy our car now as eventually private ownership will cease.
Wecome to the Motor law (2070).
Bill said:
ESOG said:
. No more oil. And that is just the beginning, as only days after the very same thing begins to happen at oil rigs all across the world.
WHEN that happens, lets just hope our governments handle it with a bit more delicacy than how they handle other unplanned catastrophes... anyone have hope they will?
You do realise that oil companies have a pretty good idea of what's in each field, and that all the oil fields aren't linked. WHEN that happens, lets just hope our governments handle it with a bit more delicacy than how they handle other unplanned catastrophes... anyone have hope they will?
rev-erend said:
The oil will last past our lifetime - it will just get more difficult to extract from more difficult places, more inhabited locations and of course sandshale. Cost of raw material will raise and eventually land based oil seed production will compete heavily with food crops for space.
We might as well enjoy our car now as eventually private ownership will cease.
Wecome to the Motor law (2070).
As long as I can have a Red Barchetta stashed in my uncle's barn I'll be happy.We might as well enjoy our car now as eventually private ownership will cease.
Wecome to the Motor law (2070).
One thing that is never mentioned when this discussion comes around is the other products that rely on crude oil, ie. Plastics, diesel, avgas etc etc etc.
Surely when the tap eventually switches off, or slows down, or gets a bit pricey or whatever then there will be a raft of products that are oil dependant that will cease to be available
I'm no Eco weenie, but it is a real problem
Surely when the tap eventually switches off, or slows down, or gets a bit pricey or whatever then there will be a raft of products that are oil dependant that will cease to be available
I'm no Eco weenie, but it is a real problem
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