nooooo :-)
We only took 33% of a small fraction of oil fields that were available in the 70's and 80's
massive deposits are left, as yet untapped.
Massive hydrocarbon deposits are found on the moons of Saturn and in comets...they did not come from Dinosaurs or Carboniferous forests.
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Rogue - my point exactly on the C02 - plus no-one can adequately explain to me how a 5% increase in a .05% fraction can have a massive effect on the global climate, whilst H20 (water) vapour, which absorbs strongly in the infra-red band ( though admittedly not as strongly as CO2 which has a genuine rather than pseudo covalent bond), can be up to 80% relative humidity of atmospheric air.
Also - I was wrong earlier, propane is C3H8 and butane is C4H10 - I think
(got my alkanes and alkenes mixed up)can't be arsed to google it, or indeed the IR absorption coefficients of H2O and CO2 
Anyway, I'm slightly pissed and shouldn't be let loose on a keyboard
Also - I was wrong earlier, propane is C3H8 and butane is C4H10 - I think
(got my alkanes and alkenes mixed up)can't be arsed to google it, or indeed the IR absorption coefficients of H2O and CO2 Anyway, I'm slightly pissed and shouldn't be let loose on a keyboard
Sexpert
Ok ben (but we were discussing oil, it's constituent components, and their use)
But to your original post - no we aren't going to run out of crude oil any time soon (they told me 30 years ago that it would all be gone in 50 years - but they lied!!)
There are loads of viable alternative technologies for energy production - some of them need more development and my guess is that this won't happen until the economics are right.
So business as usual for the next several thousand years.
My 2 biggest worries are;
1) the west's current reliance on crude oil, pumps billions of pounds into unstable, medieval, barbaric, autocratic, despotic, corrupt states, which gives them the ability to buy arms and fund terrorism - if we could get off oil and cut off the money supply, then they could go back to squabbling over patches of sand rather than plotting and bombing us infidels in the west
2) I don't hold with the greenhouse theory, so a bit of extra CO2 doesn't bother me, but I am concerned that we're pumping loads of noxious stuff into the atmosphere by burning oil and oil products for energy, and that we are being profligate in the way we waste crude oil for energy purposes. The stuff is simply too useful to burn, having (in my view) much better applications in pharmacological and materials technology (to name but 2)
But to your original post - no we aren't going to run out of crude oil any time soon (they told me 30 years ago that it would all be gone in 50 years - but they lied!!)
There are loads of viable alternative technologies for energy production - some of them need more development and my guess is that this won't happen until the economics are right.
So business as usual for the next several thousand years.
My 2 biggest worries are;
1) the west's current reliance on crude oil, pumps billions of pounds into unstable, medieval, barbaric, autocratic, despotic, corrupt states, which gives them the ability to buy arms and fund terrorism - if we could get off oil and cut off the money supply, then they could go back to squabbling over patches of sand rather than plotting and bombing us infidels in the west
2) I don't hold with the greenhouse theory, so a bit of extra CO2 doesn't bother me, but I am concerned that we're pumping loads of noxious stuff into the atmosphere by burning oil and oil products for energy, and that we are being profligate in the way we waste crude oil for energy purposes. The stuff is simply too useful to burn, having (in my view) much better applications in pharmacological and materials technology (to name but 2)
Sexpert
yep kent
actually many of the chief protagonists of global warming were also predicting an imminent ice age back in the 70s. However, this is not as dumb as it seems, not that they knew it at the time -but that's a whole other topic.
Nice bikes and delightful seat cover ;)
I have an XJ900 myself, I checked the oil recently (just to keep it "on topic" :) ) as it's a shaftie, I had to check the transmission oil as well
actually many of the chief protagonists of global warming were also predicting an imminent ice age back in the 70s. However, this is not as dumb as it seems, not that they knew it at the time -but that's a whole other topic.
Nice bikes and delightful seat cover ;)
I have an XJ900 myself, I checked the oil recently (just to keep it "on topic" :) ) as it's a shaftie, I had to check the transmission oil as well
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yep kent
actually many of the chief protagonists of global warming were also predicting an imminent ice age back in the 70s. However, this is not as dumb as it seems, not that they knew it at the time -but that's a whole other topic.
Nice bikes and delightful seat cover ;)
I have an XJ900 myself, I checked the oil recently (just to keep it "on topic" :) ) as it's a shaftie, I had to check the transmission oil as well
Ty.....will pass it on the mrs777.
