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- tashtego67, on 11/05/2009, -1/+11I don't see why the manner in which fossil fuels are produced would matter to peak oil theory unless this abiotic process is producing them now in quantities that significantly offset our present rate of consumption. There is nothing in the article to suggest this is the case.
- tiresias2, on 11/05/2009, -0/+3We need to get off of fossil fuels regardless of how finite the resource is. Ecology requires a balance... even if some oil is constantly created anew, our excess burning of it is not sustainable.
- Hetman, on 11/05/2009, -0/+3The same thing can be said about renewable energy and clean energy. Eventually oil will raise so much that it will be more cost affective to use them. That does not mean we shouldnot plan a head to when this does happen.
- ranon78, on 11/05/2009, -2/+5Peak Oil theory is a bad theory.
There is always technological improvement in oil production and amount of oil that can be extracted. So the amount of oil that can be extracted keeps on going up over time.
Also, there are very large shale oil deposits, that are extractable but not cost effective. These are not considered in the reserves, but if the other oil reserves get reduced, the price of oil will increase and shale oil will be viable. Also over period of years better and cheaper techniques will be invented to get at the shale. - Enterres, on 11/05/2009, -0/+2Having held conversations with men in the industry i've learned to view underground oil deposits as a living lake, filled with a dense abundance of single celled life. Crude oil is alive in the same way that coral is.
Apparently all of the deep oil wells are connected to the oceans as well. Perhaps to the marianas trench, many kilometres down, where there is enormous pressure.
So, what i'm trying to understand is this: what this article is saying is that these living cultures will continue to replicate and/or breed as long as they have access to organic matter, right?
Well, if that's the case then maybe pumping all those uncounted billions of gallons of water down the wells for oil wasn't a total waste. Up to now i've thought that the only consequence would be gradual desertification, but it's nice to find something positive about it. - swantamer, on 11/05/2009, -3/+3Buried for unscientific lameness in the extreme.
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