Why don't you mine in your backyard? Let me guess your government likes ****ing up other countries lol (i.e Iraq)

 

Huh? Don't you live in Hawaii? If you do, isn't the United States your government too? Also, maybe the reason going into Iraq was wrong, but toppling a Dictatorship and installing a democracy isn't really *****ing up Iraq.

 

I am Canadian citizen. I spend most of my time in Montreal and give or take a month or two a year in Hawaii.

 

Probably a debatable point. Various geologists and geological organizations have made a number of estimates, but no one really seems to know where the largest single reserve is (even among the ones in Saudi Arabia). Basically, we know four things. One, that total world crude oil production peaked in 1970 (as was forecast some years earlier) and has, in general, been dropping ever since. Two, that most of the "easy" findings and pumpings are gone.....oil companies, today have to look harder and drill more for what they DO find. Look at the recent accident in the Gulf, for example....BP had to go down almost a whole mile (some 5000 feet) to strike a payload. Three, that Saudi Arabia still has more influence than any single country (they still have some 60% of the world's known reserves, at this point). Four, the Canadians have a huge amount of potential oil locked up in oil shale and tar sands (no one knows just how much), but it will be more difficult and expensive to extract it than with traditional drilling and oil wells.

 

Tar sands in Alberta supposedly has a ton of oil. My company is currently doing detail design for a big refinery in Calgary I believe. Its dirtier oil so its more expensive to refine but the break even point is around $80/barrel.

 

Where will you get fuel for the Jets and Tanks?




lol

 

can you mail me up some of that gas ?? id be more then happy with paying $3 a gallon. sad thing is the refinery and the pipeline is just down the road


they wont let us

 

i am surprised, gas is "cheaper" here in cali? a lot of pump around here, 87 is still just below 3 bucks

 

Umm, nope, US production peaked in 1970. Global peak hasn't quite hit yet, but the pundits say it's on the near horizon. If you want to really scare yourself, read this and take to heart what the guy says. I think he's being dramatic just to scare people. If you really believe what he says, you'll start having panic attacks.

There's a ridiculous amount of cheap hydrocarbon energy still here and there are energy solutions beyond hydrocarbons. We just need incentive to develop them. Until hydrocarbons become too expensive, we won't invest in new sources (and there's really only one capable of sustaining our way of life - geothermal). So, let's wait until the pain is unbearable, and we'll fix it. Just like every other challenge put before mankind in the past.