Comments on: The earth has vast amounts of oil, shortages are really created by governments http://www.thepropheticyears.com/dddblog/2008/05/08/the-earth-has-vast-amounts-of-oil-shortages-are-really-created-by-governments.html Documents that the world is becoming a demented delusional and dumb place Sat, 22 Nov 2008 04:56:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Don http://www.thepropheticyears.com/dddblog/2008/05/08/the-earth-has-vast-amounts-of-oil-shortages-are-really-created-by-governments.html#comment-1676 Don Fri, 15 Aug 2008 13:25:54 +0000 http://www.thepropheticyears.com/dddblog/2008/05/08/the-earth-has-vast-amounts-of-oil-shortages-are-really-created-by-governments.html#comment-1676 Some of what you said just does not make sense. Removing oil from the ground does not change the earth's mass. The mass just takes a different form on the earth. As for the rotation or stability are you really seeing any change of rotation now due to oil removal? Millions of windmills may have a greater impact on the earth's rotation. I assume you are saying that only because you think that mass is removed. It is not. Removing oil can cause local minor earthquakes but that is not an issue anyone is going to lose sleep over considering the alternative. The atmospheric changes are minor compared to volcanic activity and more CO2 may actually be beneficial to life. Nobody knows how much oil is in the earth and they probably never will. Most likely the earth is continually producing new oil. What we do know is that there are trillions of barrels in the oil reserves already found, most of that is in oil shale and oil sands and heavy crude. It is not logical to expect a scientific paper with statistical facts and references on a Blog opinion. Did you even bother to read the entire article that I quoted only a small part of? The amount of known reserves can be found by doing a little research on your own. Even on this Blog under the category of "oil" I believe I link to more than one article that states the amount of oil in shale in the U.S. Frankly, between oil, oil shale, oil sands and synthetic oil from coal we do not need to worry about availability of oil for a thousand years. All we need to focus on is find out how to get it out of the earth with minimal impact to the environment at reasonable costs. That information is now becoming known. Shale and oil sands projects are already doing that and coal is already used to make almost all of the oil used in South Africa. Some of what you said just does not make sense. Removing oil from the ground does not change the earth’s mass. The mass just takes a different form on the earth. As for the rotation or stability are you really seeing any change of rotation now due to oil removal? Millions of windmills may have a greater impact on the earth’s rotation. I assume you are saying that only because you think that mass is removed. It is not.

Removing oil can cause local minor earthquakes but that is not an issue anyone is going to lose sleep over considering the alternative. The atmospheric changes are minor compared to volcanic activity and more CO2 may actually be beneficial to life.

Nobody knows how much oil is in the earth and they probably never will. Most likely the earth is continually producing new oil. What we do know is that there are trillions of barrels in the oil reserves already found, most of that is in oil shale and oil sands and heavy crude.

It is not logical to expect a scientific paper with statistical facts and references on a Blog opinion. Did you even bother to read the entire article that I quoted only a small part of? The amount of known reserves can be found by doing a little research on your own. Even on this Blog under the category of “oil” I believe I link to more than one article that states the amount of oil in shale in the U.S.

Frankly, between oil, oil shale, oil sands and synthetic oil from coal we do not need to worry about availability of oil for a thousand years. All we need to focus on is find out how to get it out of the earth with minimal impact to the environment at reasonable costs. That information is now becoming known. Shale and oil sands projects are already doing that and coal is already used to make almost all of the oil used in South Africa.

]]> By: Vern Beard Waco,TX http://www.thepropheticyears.com/dddblog/2008/05/08/the-earth-has-vast-amounts-of-oil-shortages-are-really-created-by-governments.html#comment-1675 Vern Beard Waco,TX Fri, 15 Aug 2008 06:43:52 +0000 http://www.thepropheticyears.com/dddblog/2008/05/08/the-earth-has-vast-amounts-of-oil-shortages-are-really-created-by-governments.html#comment-1675 Please use statistical facts and referenences. I have not seen any statistical facts describing or validating a specific amount of oil on this earth. Very hard to determine but someone needs to take on this issue in a more serious way. I have seen equations and results describing how much oil a specific area can be expected to produce but that is just not enough. Also, more scientific research needs to be done on oil's relationship to the earth and possible roles it plays in atmospheric changes, earth's rotation or stability, and the impact on the earth's mass of removing too much oil. Please use statistical facts and referenences. I have not seen any statistical facts describing or validating a specific amount of oil on this earth. Very hard to determine but someone needs to take on this issue in a more serious way. I have seen equations and results describing how much oil a specific area can be expected to produce but that is just not enough. Also, more scientific research needs to be done on oil’s relationship to the earth and possible roles it plays in atmospheric changes, earth’s rotation or stability, and the impact on the earth’s mass of removing too much oil.

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