tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861605.post112744259385459169..comments2024-03-24T11:01:27.668-04:00Comments on Resource Insights: Oil Famine:Surviving a Post-Oil Future/Class OutlineKurt Cobbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05330759091950742285noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861605.post-1130360692272379772005-10-26T17:04:00.000-04:002005-10-26T17:04:00.000-04:00I remember reading a scientific study a few years ...I remember reading a scientific study a few years ago that said that if all the oil wells in the US were set afire, they would burn for 20,000 years. <BR/><BR/>I don't believe that oil is scarse. Politics make oil scarse, not the actual resources. <BR/><BR/>If only we could develop better nuclear technology, we could divest ourselves of fossil fuels mor quickly.<BR/><BR/>(Also, the studies that talk about "peak oil" have not taken the Siberian reserves into account--which most analysts predict are so huge that they dwarf the Arabian reserves.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com