Reply to: Peak Oil

[wendigo100]

Dont you ever watch the news? That was the yanks!

Shh! Don't tell the french!

[Diver]

Have they? I knew they'd bought Blair.

Dont you ever watch the news? That was the yanks!

[wendigo100]

I thought the french had bought scotland?

Have they? I knew they'd bought Blair.

[Diver]

I thought the french had bought scotland?

[wendigo100]

We have become far too reliant on a resourse that is predominantly held by religious zealots and homicidal maniacs.

Hold on, the Scots might think the North Sea oil is predominantly theirs...

[bored]

Oil will never run out. Oil prices will rise over time and alternative fuel prices will fall, so at some point we'll just switch to alternative fuels/energy sources.

[Diver]

Sod the price of food rising, I own several vehicles, my monthly fuel bill is phenominal.
If somebody can come up with a way to reduce my fuel costs by 55% even if it meant buying new vans at 3 times the current market price; to run on a new fuel that would produce the same performance, it would be economically viable.
We have become far too reliant on a resourse that is predominantly held by religious zealots and homicidal maniacs.

[wendigo100]

A bloke up the pub told me that they've developed an engine that runs off the plentiful supply of nitrogen in the atmosphere. I said that's great - if the only by-product turned out to be nitrous oxide we'd be laughing.

[King Cnvt]

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.

That's why you should be pouring your spare cash into agricultural commodities via ETC's

http://www.etfsecurities.com/en/welcome.asp

[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.

[Clippy]

This is a good read on this subject

[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…

[DimPrawn]

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

Who needs frickin oil?

[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.

[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