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re: Estimated depletion of resources on Earth?

Posted on 7/20/15 at 12:24 am to
Posted by SirWinston
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Posted on 7/20/15 at 12:24 am to
There is no such thing as a finite natural resource. We have never run out of anything and we never will, mate.
This post was edited on 7/20/15 at 12:25 am
Posted by Guess
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Member since Jun 2009
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Posted on 7/20/15 at 12:35 am to
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There is no such thing as a finite natural resource. We have never run out of anything and we never will, mate.


I pretty much agree with you and I upvoted your post, but this isn't entirely true. If you consider animals a natural resource, we have most certainly driven some to extinction.
Posted by Asgard Device
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Member since Apr 2011
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Posted on 7/20/15 at 12:37 am to
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There is no such thing as a finite natural resource. We have never run out of anything and we never will


Uh. What?
Posted by Bunk Moreland
Member since Dec 2010
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Posted on 7/20/15 at 7:45 am to
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We have never run out of anything and we never will, mate.


Sort of right. They just get to the point where they are not worth extracting. And for the flat earth cornucopians, something like 40 of 54 oil producing countries are past peak production.
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The shot in the arm in the U.S. from unconventional sources is nice, but will be short lived.

EIA has some of the more optimistic scenarios.
This post was edited on 7/20/15 at 7:46 am
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