Peak oil is a conspiracy

No, the oil shortages are artificial (as in supply logistics, such as
not building any more refineries, and taking Iraq out of the supply)
as well as the decline in the $, not because of "peak oil" being a
fact. Why sell more for less, when you can sell less for more? Goat


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V writes:


If one desires to be truth based, it is good to be skeptical and not a
blissninny. But we must be careful about falling into the trap of a
becoming a 'dogmatic skeptic' as opposed to a 'skeptical skeptic.'
Lets reserve the title of dogmatic skeptic for our atheist friends and
not those that desire to learn the truth with regard to peak oil
issues.

"If the public does think briefly about future oil supplies, the
question usually asked is, "How long will oil last?" This is the wrong
question. Oil will be extracted in some insignificant quantity perhaps
200 years from now. The critical question is: When does the peak of
world oil production occur?" ~ Richard C. Duncan

It may all be true that what we have been told about peak oil is a
hoax. Same as the skeptics that claim global warming is a hoax. It may
all be a conspiracy, just a cruel trick on the consumer to line the
pockets of industry with more money...only time will settle this
debate

http://www.prisonplanet.com/archives/peak_oil/index.htm

http://www.conspiracyplanet.com/channel.cfm?channelid=63&contentid=2097

http://aftermathnews.wordpress.com/2007/05/31/mike-ruppert-and-peak-oil/

http://www.energybulletin.net/4466.html

I always tell the proponents saying peak oil is a conspiracy and think
that we have an unlimited amount of oil, natural gas, coal,
uranium...actions speak louder than words.

We can look at Hubbert's prediction of the USA's peak.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peak_oil

He was right.

We can look at global oil production and see what the trend is.

We can look at the trend in drilling to see how deep we have to go to
find oil.

We can look at the quality of crude being produced. Is it light sweet
crude or high sulfur, heavy, hard to refine crude?

Lately we have been putting much of our hope in the tar sands of
Canada. When we have to get the oil out of the sand and shale it
sounds like we are hitting the bottom of the barrel. Even talk about
getting our gas from refining bitumen coal.

We get about 15% of our natural gas from Canada. That 15% amounts to
50% of the natural gas Canada produces. The US sucks down more energy
than any other country...no one can come close to us.

Our demands for natural gas are on the rise, just as our demands are
for all fossil fuels. Once demand outstrips production we are headed
over Hubert's peak in any number of areas besides crude. We can see
peak production issues in natural gas, uranium, food or water, just as
we will see with crude oil.

It is an easy task to see how much oil is produced in the world. But
finding the 'exact peak date' for world oil production is hard to
pinpoint. (see peak oil section)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crude_oil

For one thing, some countries production are erratic and they are not
transparent with their real production and discovery data.

Also oil production is not an exact science and still requires a
little luck. We may find a lucky hit down the road that brings in a
gusher to distort some of the figures.

No one knows the exact peak date for world oil production, but we do
know that time will come in the not so distant future. But finding the
peak is not hard problem once we can look back on it by a few
years....but we need some time to do it...again, only time will settle
this debate.

http://www.worldoil.com/INFOCENTER/STATISTICS_DETAIL.asp?Statfile=_worldoilproduction

http://hubbert.mines.edu/

http://www.mnforsustain.org/duncan_and_youngquist_encircling_oil.htm#The%20Wrong%20Question,%20And%20The%20Peak


Take care,


V (Male)

Agnostic Freethinker
Practical Philosopher
Futurist