tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861605.post1418825136945546568..comments2024-03-24T11:01:27.668-04:00Comments on Resource Insights: The extremely leisurely pace of American democracy and the urgency of our predicamentKurt Cobbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05330759091950742285noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861605.post-29873777360633668572011-01-13T07:22:59.053-05:002011-01-13T07:22:59.053-05:00Re: abiotic oil: The important question is not rea...Re: abiotic oil: The important question is not really "where does oil come from?" but "how quickly is it produced or made accessible?"<br /><br />If somebody wants to believe that there is a nearly limitless supply at great depths, that's all very well, and completely irrelevant. I don't see anybody making money by buying up depleted fields and waiting for them to refill, therefore even if this (highly dubious) idea <i>should</i> turn out to be true, it still doesn't address the fact that we're using oil faster than it can be replenished.<br /><br />Really, the whole argument is symptomatic of a fundamental failure to understand that the problem is one of flow rates rather then ultimate recoverable reserves.Duncnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861605.post-14246476287314851172011-01-12T00:30:40.357-05:002011-01-12T00:30:40.357-05:00Another smashing post, Kurt.
Q: what do you th...Another smashing post, Kurt. <br /><br />Q: what do you think of the late Thomas Gold's notion of abiotic oil?<br /><br />eg http://www.energybulletin.net/node/2423<br /><br />You can't do justice to such a complex question here; perhaps it would justify a later blog post?<br /><br />THANK YOU FOR WRITING RESOURCE INSIGHTS.Crocodile Chucknoreply@blogger.com