Peak oil

[DimPrawn]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7421792.stm

The boss of Shell UK, the London-based arm of the Anglo-Dutch oil company, has warned the era of "easy oil" was over.


So there you are. No more oil. Adapt or die.

[TimberWolf]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7421792.stm

The boss of Shell UK, the London-based arm of the Anglo-Dutch oil company, has warned the era of "easy oil" was over.


So there you are. No more oil. Adapt or die.

What's to worry about, production may be declining but at least demand is rising.

[pisces]

They said crap like this in the 80's. Scare stories like all the worlds supply of gas and oil would be used by the year 2000.

[DiscoStu]

They said crap like this in the 80's. Scare stories like all the worlds supply of gas and oil would be used by the year 2000.

Believe it or not, one day it's really going to happen

[Moscow Mule]

Believe it or not, one day it's really going to happen

It's ok, all we need to do is Nuke all of the remaining rainforests, wait 300 million years & "hey presto" - OIL!!!

[pisces]

Believe it or not, one day it's really going to happen

Of course.

Strangley enough though it seems to be while investors are furiously w@nking over the market.

[TimberWolf]

It's ok, all we need to do is Nuke all of the remaining rainforests, wait 300 million years & "hey presto" - OIL!!!

Apparently you can speed up the process considerably with a bit of heat and pressure. Anyone know what cost oil has to be before coal becomes viable again. Don't we still have lots of that (thanks to Maggie?

[DiscoStu]

Apparently you can speed up the process considerably with a bit of heat and pressure. Anyone know what cost oil has to be before coal becomes viable again. Don't we still have lots of that (thanks to Maggie?

Dunno, I don't fancy running a steam engine instead of a car

[Churchill]

And lots of it is effectively not extractable because of old flooded workings.

Send the lizards down for it, they're expendable!

[Spacecadet]

Dunno, I don't fancy running a steam engine instead of a car

steam engines are making a come back

And if you knew anything about early motoring history you'll know that the late model steam cars were as convenient and easy to run as their new-fangled petrol counterparts with start up times measured in seconds.