Oil Won’t Last Forever – What happens when it runs out?

Oilprice.com ^ | 08/01/2010 | Claude Salhani

[Dusty Road]

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[LexRex in TN]

Three Americans were killed at the SL-1 reactor in Idaho in 1961 due to the reactor going critical too quickly and creating excess steam pressure. This caused the control rods and pressure container to explode upwards, pinning one technician to the ceiling and killing two others.

Still, all in all, nuclear power is very safe...no accidents resulting in death in almost 50 years. That’s safer than WalMart, Home Depot AND DisneyWorld!

[PIF]

A few years back, the estimate (by volume) of the total amount of oil used - since it was discovered - would just fill Lake Tahoe...

Meanwhile the US is sitting on 1.35 trillion barrels of oil.

[PIF]

“The REAL question is what is going to be the next affordable energy product in the future...”

H3. You get it from your friendly Chinese supplier...

[PIF]

“I heard some comments on the History channel”

That should be: “I heard some comments on the Rewritten History channel...”

[PIF]

“Maybe Saudi Arabia, Venezuela, Iran, etc will be gigantic sink holes where the oil used to be ....”

I prefer the glass-look in Saudi Arabia’s case ...

[PIF]

“Th real question is when will the Environmental Protection Agency realize that mankind needs to be at the top of their preservation list and not a backwater snail darter or desert tumbleweed.”

That wil be right after the Agency is disbanded...

[PIF]

"We will not be here forever!!" That's because some of us have booked passage on the General Systems Vessel "God Fishes Forever" (Plate Class) :)

[GonzoGOP]

That's because some of us have booked passage on the General Systems Vessel "God Fishes Forever" (Plate Class) :)

I prefer to book on the General Products ship Obama for a trip out to the ring world. Oh wait the ship in Nivin's book wasn't called the Obama it was the Lying Bastard. You see how I get confused :)

[PIF]

I can see your confusion - but there is plenty of room on the General Service Vehicle "God Fishes Forever" (Plate Class) - (sorry about the typo).

The ship is about 200 x 120 x 100 kilometers in a sort of oval shape in excess of several trillion tonnes. We have only 1.2 billion people booked - so .8 billion slots are open.

First stop is in the Orion sector - we'll be doing a leisurely 200 kilolight years/hr thought Ultraspace, so it won't be too long a trip: plenty of time to visit the extensive parks, bars, lounges, and many other rec and social areas.

Side excursions are available in the roomy General Contact Units stored in the main bays.

If you might be worried about hostiles encountered, the ship has some Rapid Offensive Units (Abominator and Psychopath Class) stored, and the ability to make as many as needed.

[patton]

Good facts - thanks.