Post #32
You still need jet fuel.
You still need asphalt.
You must have lubrication oils.
Even though plastics take a small amount of a barrel percentage wise, they are essential to our way of life.
You are not going to make all of the computers, cell phones, etc ., out of wood, aluminum (which is now being harassed by EPA), etc.
Rayon, nylon, polyesters, etc., are here to stay.
As I understand it, you can’t turn an entire barrel of oil into these products as these are products of the refining process, more or less depending on whether the crude is light or heavy.
So we will end up with the need for huge amounts of crude even if we throw away that part that we now make into gasoline....
Now that well may be an exaggeration to make a point, but there is enough truth in it to kill the idea that we are going to end our love of crude oil.
The real solution is to develop every single means of finding and recovering oil deposits.
Obviously natural gas has its place and I am all for using it in its place, but we are kidding ourselves if we think our need for oil will go away.
The poster who said that it is fine for trucks, buses and fleets but not for me is correct. It will only be used in private vehicles when it is the only thing left.