Peak Oil Reality: Discoveries & Production Won't Match Future Demand

[TheNorweiganHippie]

Just look at a map of the Caspian Sea and all the different countries in that area to see what an unstable geopolitical region that is. Right by the middle east too. No matter, all the newly found reserves in the world won't stop the decline at this point.

[TheNorweiganHippie]

What will happen in America (and the rest of the world) when Iran Shias finally attack Saudi Sunni's and the Middle East goes on the fritz? Even with the resource wars to follow, a large reduction in energy supply plus the peak oil event which we are all totally unprepared for. The worlds masses are going to die in great numbers.

[Axbent]

@RedTuttle pop reduction would only help if it was in the western world, the rest of the world use so little oil its negilble.

[ExtremeWelder]

@RedTuttle I agree. But the real problem is that people are not aware, so they will not start working on this gigantosaurus of a project yet. And every year of inaction is a wasted year. It is already very late. Probability that we start to late is very high.

[scott76252]

(85,000,000bbl x 42gal) / 55gal = 64,909,090 55-gallon steel drums

(64,9090,090 x 3ft) / 5280ft = 36,880 mile steel drum pipeline

36,880 / 24,901 = encircling the earth with steel drums 1 1/2 times every day

(36,880 x 365days) / 24,901 = 540 times you could encircle the earth every year with steel drums.

(36,880 / 24hr) / 768mph = Mach 2 or twice the speed of sound the oil would need to flow through this pipeline.

try replacing these volumes with bio fuels

[valtraboy5]

I have only recently become aware of peak oil but it only took me half an hour of web searching to realise that there is a serious problem. Now im not exactly enstein but if i can figure out theirs a problem why cant our world leaders? The facts are there- hidden in plain sight for everyone to see.

[ExtremeWelder]

How much I love renewables, they offer not much help. It is simple thermodynamics. Energy takes energy to concentrate. Fossil fuels are already concentrated. Renewables will take many times more work to concnentrate. The only key is energy preservation and population reduction. How much I dislike them, that is the way.

[KrunchyJD]

We can re-design our cities and change to more active transport, such as more cycling. I know that other things use oil other then transport, but transport is the biggest current user.

[Billreiswig]

These truths, when added to the fact that carbon is changing the heat absorbing characteristics of the atmosphere and acidifying the oceans are even further evidence that the only sustainable energy path for the world is massive investment in renewable energy technologies, conservation, efficiency, and cultural changes that use energy less intensively. We've got no time to spare.

[the81kid]

you, and we, will never live the same lifestyle on renewable energy sources.

oil was a one-time gift. and we blew it.

[MonteCristoRecords]

This is truly a heroic effort by ASPO. Keep up the good work. So much has been achieved. Now we have to turn that energy in a new direction and new attitude. Used to be maximum growth is the key to business success, but soon it will be conservation and realism is the key to simple survival. Like they said in the first video, even if we had the discoveries and will where would the funding come from to support these long-term projects needed to maintain current trends?

James

[petecxcx]

The human race needs to wake up to these facts. The entire commentary was not produced by wing nuts, rather realists.

All of this makes me realize the greater reality...Jesus, the Christ is the only answer. However, we still need to get working on these issues, not pretending they don't exist.