Peak Oil

[AtW]

**** it we'll just make oil from coal if it comes to that. The Nazis did in WW2 so there.

If I remember correctly it becomes economically viable to make syntetic fuel from coal when oil price reaches $60-70, which it has so far, but people are holding out hoping it will fall rather than invest money into infrastructure and not depend on backwards countries.

[threaded]

I think it is terrible that such a resource is just burnt.

my 2c.

[anally retentive]

I read an article recently (New Scientist, I think) where some chap reckoned he had a process that could supply all of the USA's fuel needs simply by reprocessing all the States garbage. I think his pilot project produced a barrel of oil for every ton of turkey giblets

bernard matthews manages considerably more in his turkey twizzlers.....

actually i read a fairly reputable article years back that said that the world's 7 largest oil companies hold 127 patents between them in the usa alone that are oil-replacement fuels. after buying out the patents the oil companies are just sitting on them until they've manged to squeeze every last petro-dollar they can out of western civilisation.

then everyone will have to change. just like i did in the 80s when i had to bin my old betamax video recorder.....

[Sockpuppet]

If I remember correctly it becomes economically viable to make syntetic fuel from coal when oil price reaches $60-70, which it has so far, but people are holding out hoping it will fall rather than invest money into infrastructure and not depend on backwards countries.

I wouldnt call the UKs reserves of coal (300 years when use was at peak) backwards.

You dount know how to make friends do you

[Troll]

If I remember correctly it becomes economically viable to make syntetic fuel from coal when oil price reaches $60-70, which it has so far, but people are holding out hoping it will fall rather than invest money into infrastructure and not depend on backwards countries.

Liquidised coal & steam power... it's the future

[AtW]

I wouldnt call the UKs reserves of coal (300 years when use was at peak) backwards.

Right now UK/USA/Europe depend on Middle East and Russia for fuel supply, this is as backwards as it gets really.

[DimPrawn]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6224846.stm

Who needs frickin oil?

[Swamp Thing]

A few years ago I was drinking with a mate who had come up with a fool proof means of making fuels from old kebabs discarded on a Friday night.

Needless to say, a few weeks later he was tragically killed in a hit and run accident.

Need I say more...

‘Tis true. Oohh damn those oil companies…

[Clippy]

This is a good read on this subject

[threaded]

One thing no one seems to realise is that oil replacement by fermenting corn etc. is already happening on such a large scale that world food prices are rising. In Europe we are insulated from such things, but in the 3rd world people are already getting more than a little angry that they are having to compete for food with cars.