[Geko45]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('TommyJefferson', 'W')e keep finding more oil than we are consuming on this earth. As usual the "Chicken Little" crowd is "wrong."

[clueless]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('pstarr', 'T')his is what I wrote to foxnews:

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'D')ear Sirs,

David Asman knows absolutely nothing about petroleum reserves and oil depletion theory. For him to compare oil shale (which has the energy content of a baked potato) and 'other sources that are much harder to get at' (deep sea, polar) is nonsence . It is like comparing fission with fusion power. Or more appropriate rubber-band with slinky power.

He confuse reserves (which are recoverable) with 'oil in place,' most of which can not and will not be extracted from the ground at any cost. He doesn't understand the size of the Jack 2 find in the GOM, the difficulty in producing and returning it to shore, and the time-frame this project will entail (many year before it hit the market).

He seems to have blind faith in technology and 'human ingenuity' when he claims that substitutions for cheap petroleum are at hand. He doesn't understand that hydrogen is only an energy carrier and not an energy source, or that ethanol fuel requires petroleum to grow crops and electricity to process into alcohol. Finally he ignores failed projects (like the reconstructino of New Orleans or Iraq) that will be considered small-time compared to the disaster impending oil depletion.

You do a disservice to your news consumers by printing this amateurish commentary. This issue is much too important.

[Tyler_JC]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('KenSolar_com', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Tyler_JC', '.').Fox has just admitted that we have reached the end of cheap oil...

[mekrob]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'I') wonder if God laughs or cries about the fact that his most "ardent" supporters are so painfully stupid.

[Concerned]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Windmills', 'O')nly 4.7 trillion? Aren't there hydrocarbons on other planets? What about the gas giants and Venus? Surely we should include those in our reserves. I can only guess at what the numbers would be like then. Fifty trillion? Quadrillions?

[mjdlight]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mekrob', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'I') wonder if God laughs or cries about the fact that his most "ardent" supporters are so painfully stupid.

[clueless]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'I') wonder if God laughs or cries about the fact that his most "ardent" supporters are so painfully stupid.

[Geko45]

You know, I understand the frustration with mainstream Christianity, but is it really necessary to bash people's faith, a faith that I share (and I am PO aware)?

[rogerhb]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('clueless', 'A')ctually God refers t his people as "Sheep" which are not the brightest of all animals so, so I don't think he is at all surprised or dissapointed.

[Mechler]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('TommyJefferson', '&')gt; "What part of 'peak oil' is so hard to understand?"

It's not a matter of understanding. People don't want to accept the implications.

I mentioned Peak Oil to the lunatics here:

http://www.baptistboard.com/forumdisplay.php?f=10

They are having none of it!

:edit to fix mistake.

[gego]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('clueless', '
')
How about Asman forgot to mention the remaining 4.7 trillion barrels will require 3.7 trillion barrels to extract...

There, Feel better guys ?

[rogerhb]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Geko45', 'i')s it really necessary to bash people's faith?

[Geko45]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('rogerhb', 'A')sk the Pope.

[rogerhb]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Geko45', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('rogerhb', 'A')sk the Pope.

[Geko45]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('rogerhb', 'H')e has offended you as well?

[rogerhb]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Geko45', 'l')et's just say the Pope and I disagree on a great many things.

[mjdlight]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Geko45', 'Y')ou know, I understand the frustration with mainstream Christianity, but is it really necessary to bash people's faith, a faith that I share (and I am PO aware)?

[clueless]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'I')t is my belief that if Christ came back tomorrow, some of the first people looking to nail him to another cross would be the most extreme of the evangelical Christians. I see much of the Pharisees in them.