"If he was right, it means the finite limits of the resources that power our cities and our factories and our vehicles have been vastly overstated."
This is a terrible sentence. Does it mean there is more than was thought or less? It is completely unclear.
More than was thought. BUMP
The question is not whether, but how much. And if it's lots, does it migrate to the surface fast enough to replenish what we use.
more than thought
If he was right, it means the finite limits of the resources that power our cities and our factories and our vehicles have been vastly overstated."
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I agree, it's a terrible sentence, but I think he is trying to say that the FINITE part has been overstated, i.e. we don't have hard limits on the oil inside the earth. i.e. there is a virtually infinite supply, because new oil keeps forming.
This is a terrible sentence. Does it mean there is more than was thought or less? It is completely unclear.
Yes, you are right. If I say that I have $4.00 in my checking account, but there are really $25,000.00 in it, I have understated the limit of my financial resources.
Damn, you're good. I saw & said the same thing myself on first reading. How could it have made it past editing?
The theory is that the earth is constantly replenishing the reservoirs through natural processes.
There has been some evidence that oil fields that were thought completely drained thirty or more years ago have had some regeneration and workover projects are underway.
The only problem: no one knows how long it would take for the natural regeneration to occur in enough volume to replenish the old fields.