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[Stevie-blunder]

the Pyramids at Giza and the Hoover Dam are the only man-made objects visible from space 

And the great wall of China 

[Nickbat]

I hear waht you say Cem, but I am minded to agree with this statement:

"Peak oil is wrong. We really don't know how much oil there is in most of the oil reservoirs of the world. Oil reservoirs are complex geological structures, and most of the data is in private hands, or in state governments, and they are not particularly forthcoming about how much is there."

"We don't know how much is out there," he said today. "And they tend to be very conservative, these estimates. And technology changes, and that opens up new reserves deep offshore. When I was at Shell, we could only drill into a thousand feet of water. Today, they're drilling into 10,000 feet of water, and 20,000 feet below that." 

Environmental futurist Peter Schwartz

Bottom line is "who knows?" 

http://cleantech.com/news/3464/peak-oil-wrong-says-schwartz

Nickbat,  there are accepted standards for measurement  by the engineers  either geologist or petroelum enginners and those standards are accepted within 150 years of production .. I cant easly accept (neither others)  those methods are wrong..

The point that this guy is making is that for commerical/strategic (and even taxation) reasons, the data on reserves is not necessarily spot on. The engineers may know it, but the information is sensitive.

Of course it will run out at some point. While I am convinced that there will be alternative energy sources developed, there is every reason to conserve it, but I think panic over peak oil is misplaced at the moment. Interestingly, I have repeatedly come across the phrase "political peak oil". Wonder what that means? 

[STMO999]

the Pyramids at Giza and the Hoover Dam are the only man-made objects visible from space 

And the great wall of China 

And my dick

[cem_devecioglu]

the Pyramids at Giza and the Hoover Dam are the only man-made objects visible from space 

And the great wall of China 

And my dick

 

[Banjax]

the Pyramids at Giza and the Hoover Dam are the only man-made objects visible from space 

And the great wall of China 

And my dick

 

your dick's man-made?

[STMO999]

the Pyramids at Giza and the Hoover Dam are the only man-made objects visible from space 

And the great wall of China 

And my dick

 

your dick's man-made?

Yep, my dad made it

[Banjax]

the Pyramids at Giza and the Hoover Dam are the only man-made objects visible from space 

And the great wall of China 

And my dick

 

your dick's man-made?

Yep, my dad made it

my dad made me a sledge when i was a kid 

[KillerWatt]

yep - but decades (about 2 i think) thats not a huge amount of time to develop viable alternatives to oil  :-?

As the hydrogen powered car is alread reality and actually in use in the US, we could easily put that in to worldwide production and reduce our current oil consumption by a very marked amount to prolong the current oil supplies that we have.

However, while all the politicians and oil giants are busy exchanging backhanders...any "alternative" will remain on the back burner.

[STMO999]

the Pyramids at Giza and the Hoover Dam are the only man-made objects visible from space 

And the great wall of China 

And my dick

 

your dick's man-made?

Yep, my dad made it

my dad made me a sledge when i was a kid 

Bet you cant see it from space though.

[bertiecbx550]

my arse can be seen from space as well espec when i`m on the beach.....and those gits from greenpeace keep trying to roll me back into the sea.....

[Turk]

this visible from space thing - opened a can of worms - ie how far away is space? can you use binoculars? - too many variables - i'm going to look at what man made objects can be seen from the moon (although i would guess none) - be right back fact fans 

No point asking the Americans 

[Turk]

the Pyramids at Giza and the Hoover Dam are the only man-made objects visible from space 

And the great wall of China 

And I'm a dick

 

[Nickbat]

Found a fascinating article: It's a bit old, but fascinating reading

http://www.offshore-mag.com/index/article-display/23172/s-articles/s-offshore/s-volume-55/s-issue-4/s-news/s-general-interest/s-middle-east-geology-why-the-middle-east-fields-may-produce-oil-forever.html

Further evidence of the theory of abiotic oil, perhaps?