Quote from: RE on Feb 12, 2024, 06:17 PMQuote from: TDoS on Feb 12, 2024, 03:51 PMIs it because by simply assembing them together in one place all the conspiracy angles and peak oil claims would be dispatched and we would know WAY more about remaining oil volumes than we should?
You think there is a conspiracy to prevent Peak Oil claims from being dispatched? That seems highly unlikely, to be polite.
RE
Oil companies compete with each other. It is our capitalist system. All companies must pump oil and generate revenue. The more they pump, the more money they make. There absolutely is a bias to suppress depletion data and exaggerate reserves. Pump today because tomorrow you can't. Somebody else will get the oil if you don't turn it into money first. Capitalism is the institutional manifestation of the parable of the tribes.
1920's tech could not get todays' oil. By the standards of 1920 we are completely out of oil. The oil fields of that time by themselves could not keep one US state going. Pick your state.
The vicious circle principle keeps things going with advanced tech until oil production can't keep up with demand. This is key. Oil company executives are cheerleaders of the technical solution. Technology bedazzles them. Their business is all about tech. They are the worst purveyors of hopium on the face of the earth. On top of which they lie. On top of which they own government.
When civil disruption DESTROYS the ability to use the advanced tech we already have, the world literally runs out of oil all at once. Once billions start dying oil will not be pumped. Chaos will rule.
Extinction baby, the Seneca cliff, and you did not think it could happen.
* That fucking talking chicken says more oil will be pumped in 2050 than is pumped now. Natural gas condensates from fracked shale rock will give boundless new energy.
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