Oil Reserves, Running Out?

[GTA3Rockstar]

That should be enough time to find an alternative means.

[Aqua]

I'm not to keen on nuclear power, I'm pretty sure there very safe because they have had decades of experience with them etc.... but it's just the way they build them right next to the sea (and they say sea levels are rising) and the way they also build them on active fault lines and earthquake prone zones...

[dudclub55]

They build them along coastlines for a reason, they need the water for cooling purposes. Not sure why they'd build them along an earthquake prone zone though.

[sivispacem]

They build them along coastlines for a reason, they need the water for cooling purposes. Not sure why they'd build them along an earthquake prone zone though.

Earthquakes aren't usually a problem for them. In Japan, the recent Fukushima disaster was due to poor crisis management more than anything. Japan has a long history of safe nuclear power despite being in a seismically active zone.

 

Even so, zero directly attributable deaths.

[Mr Webby]

Can you imagine it.... no planes... no boats.... (probably still cars though)

 

"Probably still cars though" this guy trying to tell me that oil will run out in the next 30 years but doesn't even realize that cars can also run on batteries

 

Also whether oil runs out in the next 30 years or not planes and boats will still be in use. You think the boat and plane industry are just going to give up and lose out on billions of pounds ?

[Original Light]

Don't quote me on this, but it turns out there's a ton of oil here in the U.S. that we didn't even know we had 4-6 years ago, using new methods. Also, my father knew a man that worked in the oil industry. This man apparently returned to a oil well they milked dry 40 years later with his crew, and it was completely filled back up again. I don't know how true this is, but it sounds as if it reproduces and isn't entirely finite. I'm still not sure if I believe this myself, I always figured it'd take at least 100 years.

 

Again, this is only based on what I heard. Even if oil doesn't regenerate as fast as I stated, 37 years should still be enough time to transfer to alternative energy methods. I think it's normal to be somewhat worried about this, but I wouldn't spend too much time thinking about it.

Edited May 22, 2016 by Original Light

[Quadro]

It will run out eventually, but not in our lifetime.

 

They can never estimate something that is still being discovered all over the world.

[Jolly Swagman]

 

They build them along coastlines for a reason, they need the water for cooling purposes. Not sure why they'd build them along an earthquake prone zone though.

Earthquakes aren't usually a problem for them. In Japan, the recent Fukushima disaster was due to poor crisis management more than anything. Japan has a long history of safe nuclear power despite being in a seismically active zone.

 

Even so, zero directly attributable deaths.

For me the problem with nuclear power is not risk of meltdown but long term storage of nuclear waste. Plutonium's half life is something like 25,000 years - I can't think of any civilisations that have lasted even a tenth of that and think it's extreme arrogance on humanity's part believing that we can keep waste safe and secure for even a 100 years let alone 25,000.

[sivispacem]

We've already got a solution to the waste problem- breeder reactors.

 

We've been able to produce reactors which put out more fissile materials than they consume for the best part of sixty years now. The majority of the waste generated by reactors can be reprocessed into more fuel.

 

There was a big drive for it in the 50s and 60s, but the discovery that uranium is far more abundant in the earth's crust than previously thought put the kibosh on continued expensive research. It's starting to come back into fashion again as a means for disposing of the majority if the waste.

 

The biggest problem is the plutonium it creates, which kind of restricts it to NPT states or nuclear nations.

[Stephan90]

When we have burned all the oil reserves that have been found, we can continue to burn the oil that we haven't found yet. And the people who live in these countries will be glad to sell it to us. Sounds like a plan.

Edited May 20, 2016 by Stephan90

[sivispacem]

You don't half post some crap.

[Gnocchi Flip Flops]

Dumbass bullsh*t, that sh*t isn't going run out until I'm too old to drive at the earliest.

[Fonz]

 

I'm the 70s we were going to run out in the late 80s. In the 80s. It was the year 2000 and in the 90s it was 2020.

 

It will run out eventually but I won't be alive when it does. So I don't really care about the damage the reulting fallout will cause because I will be safe and sound 6 feet under.

I was gonna say "but what about your kids" but realized the requirements therein

 

Holy sh*t, this might just be the cruelest burn I've ever read. Well done, bae.

[poppafewpills]

Bah, just make more dinosaurs and we'll be ok.

[boyben]

There is plenty of oil to go around.

 

Please, if you're going to fear monger; do not do it here. Reddit exists.

[DangerZ0neX]

I imagine that the Fallout series will turn from fiction to a non-fiction if we run out by oil then lol.

 

Anyways, the Deputy Crown Prince of my country is planning on preparing my country for the end of oil, there's no progress now but there will be in the near future.

Edited May 20, 2016 by DangerZ0neX

[mr quick]

There is plenty of oil to go around.

 

Please, if you're going to fear monger; do not do it here. Reddit exists.

 

ahhh fresh page fresh denial

[boyben]

 

There is plenty of oil to go around.

 

Please, if you're going to fear monger; do not do it here. Reddit exists.

 

ahhh fresh page fresh denial

 

Ahhh, fresh page, fresh dramatization.

 

edit: Judging by your post history, social justice and liberal agenda seems to be right down your alley. So lets agree to disagree on whatever argument you are clearly trying to instigate.

Edited May 20, 2016 by boyy

[mr quick]

I'm not a liberal, jerkoff

[Mister Kay]

We discuss oil and suddenly everyone's at each others' collars.

 

OT: I don't know which one is the bad news, running out of oil or too much oil.

Edited May 20, 2016 by Mr.Monk

[boyben]

I'm not a liberal, jerkoff

I'm not a jerkoff, pal.

[Sombra]

i think i jerk off too much

[TheMcSame]

"Data from BP Statistical Review"

 

BPs latest statistical review, at least the latest that I could find, was from 2015, which used the figures from 2014 to come to the conclusion that "Total world proved oil reserves reached 1700.1 billion barrels at the end of 2014, sufficient to meet 52.2 years of global production"

 

Page 9

http://www.bp.com/content/dam/bp/pdf/energy-economics/statistical-review-2015/bp-statistical-review-of-world-energy-2015-full-report.pdf

 

 

Unless I'm missing something here, their own source contradicts their own 'findings'...

 

That's without mentioning that they're based on usage at the time. We're only making things more efficient, we're reducing our reliance on oil slowly, but surely.

Edited May 21, 2016 by TheMcSame

[DarkSavageDeathlyCloud]

we still got the sun

[Not A Nice Person]

Holy sh*t marwin Chill.

 

Dumbass bullsh*t, that sh*t isn't going run out until I'm too old to drive at the earliest.

you can still drive w/o oil

[dudclub55]

The title is pisses me off, Aqua, how could you tell use the minutes and even SECONDS left but not tell us the number of millseconds, microseconds, nanoseconds, etc.?

Learn to be politically correct, we all know they're small units but that doesn't mean you get to discriminate.

[Gnocchi Flip Flops]

 

Dumbass bullsh*t, that sh*t isn't going run out until I'm too old to drive at the earliest.

 

you can still drive w/o oilOkay...? Nobody said you couldn't. One of the best (and fastest) cars I ever rode in was all electric. No idea if you're simple or just being an antagonizing clown, or both. Edited May 21, 2016 by Scaglietti

[slimeball supreme]

ive heard the '30 years' time estimate when i turned 4 (yesterday). it's based on some pretty sketchy and frankly hard to estimate estimations. usually they're not 100% right

 

let's be honest, the majority of these studies are flawed. not to say there isn't a truth to them, and we really should stop the consumption of oil - but things won't be this dire

 

Nice to see a vintage meme coming back. Wasn't there a "dude no oil lol" period during the 70s that was completely wrong?

yep

things can be considerably more accurate at this point but atm this simply is based on flawed information

Edited May 21, 2016 by Mr. Fahrenheit

[Raavi]

To operate on the assertion that oil isn't going to run out because previous estimates were erroneous, it's all one big liberal conspiracy or whatever else nonsensical excuse you can muster, and thus we should just keep on pumping it up en-masse fundamentally misses the elephant in the room; oil is demonstrably unsustainable and we should wean ourselves off the teat of oil and fossil fuels at large regardless. Let's not kid ourselves here, the science behind the consequences for the environment of oil and other fossil fuels is well documented and its disastrous implications undeniable in any serious discussion. Whilst we might not run out in 30 years, the environmental impacts of fossil fuels will only become more and more tangible and catastrophic as time goes on. Which to me is an infuriating prospect because we at this very moment already have and are actively developing viable sustainable alternatives that will not only see us into a "clean" future, but also do the same for generations to come.

[uNi]

Portugal just went four straight days on renewable energy, which is nice, but probably cost a ton.