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re: 1988 College Text Book - In 20 years we will shall be using the last 10% of our oil.

Posted on 5/18/26 at 1:15 pm to
Posted by bad93ex
Walnut Cove
Member since Sep 2018
36159 posts
Posted on 5/18/26 at 1:15 pm to
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2500 years of coal resources left


If this were true and we coupled it with carbon sequestration along with all of the other actions being undertaken for emissions standards shouldn't we be able to create some really cheap electricity?
Posted by blueboy
Member since Apr 2006
65544 posts
Posted on 5/18/26 at 1:19 pm to
Ghislaine's dad wrote that. No doubt.
Posted by OweO
Plaquemine, La
Member since Sep 2009
122189 posts
Posted on 5/18/26 at 1:19 pm to
I mentioned on here awhile back that when I was in middle school and we had "earth day" there was some guy from a recycling company who came talk to use. The school had just got a recycle bin in each class.

The guy talked about water consumption and said "we don't turn those faucets off all the way and don't stop wasting water, in 20 years there will not be enough clean water for the growing population".
Posted by TBoy
Kalamazoo
Member since Dec 2007
28587 posts
Posted on 5/18/26 at 1:37 pm to
My father worked for Shell for decades. He was always convinced that oil was a finite resource and that they were running out.

If they depended upon the drilling and extraction technology of his era, this would be a real possibility. But the technology for drilling and extraction has changed in ways that are revolutionary.
Posted by TBoy
Kalamazoo
Member since Dec 2007
28587 posts
Posted on 5/18/26 at 1:37 pm to
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This post was edited on 5/18/26 at 1:38 pm
Posted by Spankum
The Sip
Member since Jan 2007
62273 posts
Posted on 5/18/26 at 1:45 pm to
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Cheap energy = freedom and the left can't have people free to do what they like


Yeah, thank heavens the right is in power now…..ooooops, never mind!
Posted by BeepBopBoop
Northshore
Member since Dec 2023
1442 posts
Posted on 5/18/26 at 2:30 pm to
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Yeah, thank heavens the right is in power now


Gas will be back down to $1.80 shortly, then you can find something else to have faux outrage about
Posted by Bjorn Cyborg
Member since Sep 2016
35539 posts
Posted on 5/18/26 at 2:38 pm to
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the government predicting we would run out of natural gas and promoting all-electric homes.


Where was the electricity supposed to come from?
Posted by tigerbutt
Deep South
Member since Jun 2006
26333 posts
Posted on 5/18/26 at 4:13 pm to
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we will shall


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