Posted on 03/14/2015 4:02:05 PM PDT by Brad from Tennessee
The environmental movement has advanced three arguments in recent years for giving up fossil fuels: (1) that we will soon run out of them anyway; (2) that alternative sources of energy will price them out of the marketplace; and (3) that we cannot afford the climate consequences of burning them.
These days, not one of the three arguments is looking very healthy. In fact, a more realistic assessment of our energy and environmental situation suggests that, for decades to come, we will continue to rely overwhelmingly on the fossil fuels that have contributed so dramatically to the world’s prosperity and progress.
In 2013, about 87% of the energy that the world consumed came from fossil fuels, a figure that—remarkably—was unchanged from 10 years before. This roughly divides into three categories of fuel and three categories of use: oil used mainly for transport, gas used mainly for heating, and coal used mainly for electricity.
Over this period, the overall volume of fossil-fuel consumption has increased dramatically, but with an encouraging environmental trend: a diminishing amount of carbon-dioxide emissions per unit of energy produced. The biggest contribution to decarbonizing the energy system has been the switch from high-carbon coal to lower-carbon gas in electricity generation. . .
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Oil is a gift for the All Mighty
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All the progressives are counting on unicorn milk to power the new world.
It would be a done deal now if the Koch Brothers were not holding all the unicorns at their Mansion.
,,,and crude oil is not a fossil fuel. Wells, once dormant, are full again.
The presence of decayed organic matter in crude oil is not proof that oil is a product of organic decay.
Crude oil is the most energy-dense, and possibly the most abundant renewable resource ever.
Run out of them? Hahahahahaha!
U.S. running out of room to store crude
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3268015/posts
One might start by ceasing to refer to petroleum based fuels as fossil fuel. It is as likely a by product of fusion in our core.
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