Quote from Pekelo:
Oh, for fuck's sake, I already addressed those in similar threads. Educate yourself on the issues and you will see that those won't help.
Hint: Speed of recovery...
Sorry, you aren't so important as I stalk your every post and hang off your every word.
And in my opinion, they are currently a better economic alternative than many of the 'alternative' energies. With an entire industry and pipeline already in place, it is much easier to change the source than to change the industry.
I took a quick looksie at your old posts ...
You don't seem to deny that there is plenty of oil left. Your main concern seems to be our ability to access that oil at a rate that keeps up with our growing needs (I believe you used the metaphor of having $100B in the bank, but only being able to take out $100k a year).
In my humble opinion, I don't think the solution is to increase our rates of removal -- nothing can move exponentially -- but rather find solutions that supplement our rates, and find more efficient ways of utilizing the oil that we can withdraw. There is an abundance of oil ... we just need to figure out how to use it more efficiently.
So I suppose you could say that I do, in a sense, believe in peak oil. I do believe that consumption has surpassed rates of production -- any ECON 101 student can look at that by analyzing price of crude barrels (supply and demand, supply and demand...).
But the way peak oil is defined and sensationalized in the media is not the same 'peak oil' theory you are discussing. Perhaps the original concept is the one you are talking about -- but much like Global Warming, the media has skewed the story to create fear and terror to make it more interesting. We are not running out of oil ... we just might not be able to keep up with oil demands
