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Originally Posted by SEATALTEA
Off topic but Peak Oil is a myth, world oil reserves are huge …. It's just the case that we've taken a lot of the easy to access stuff out of the ground …. it's just difficult to get out.
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I can’t help but wonder, this must surely be similar to the debate that haunted the ancient mariners, long ago.
‘The Earth is flat’.
‘No it’s not, the Earth it’s round’.
Unfortunately, everyone had to wait until it was proved ‘beyond doubt’ that the Earth was a globe. How many lives could have been saved by going the wrong (shorter) way?
No doubt the purists of this argument (on both sides), who base their arguments on the masses of easily manipulated data, will continue to defend their standing to the bitter end.
Personally, I think this is shamefully counter productive, because all it does is confuse the issue and argument, resulting in a world failure to address research into alternative energy sources – what’s the point there’s lots of oil left … blah …. blah.
This confusion perpetuates the world’s dependence on a fuel source that is killing the planet and everything on it – makes sense to someone, somewhere I guess. Probably makes most sense to those lining their pockets from it all - (not to me).
I have a strong interest in space exploration. Not only because of the big rockets but because in this field energy usage and consumption is finite and calls for mind stretching and imaginative solutions (solar, nuclear, etc).
In the end it boils down to survival. Whatever data you support, fossil fuels are bad for all. We can't really continue sitting around arguing about “what ifs” – If not now then when do we get off our asses and set about finding sensible alternatives.
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