Peak Oil!!!

Tender Hoop · 27-08-2010 09:08PM #1

Some say that we are already there and that supplies are now on the way down.

What does that mean for joe public? With the world so heavily reliant on oil and oil based products and with no real viable alternative what will happen to society when we run out of oil?

Will an alternative be developed in time or will there be a abrupt end of oil supply which will then cause chaos in society?

I have been reading a few books and watching some documentaries on the subject and I think it is a very interesting and worrying topic. I would be curios to see if any boardies have given this any considerations and if so what their thoughts are on the issue.

One thing that is for sure is that the demand for oil is increasing and the supply is decreasing. Oil is finite, it will run out and some say soon. :eek:

MagicMarker · 27-08-2010 09:10PM

Oil is finite? The hell you say!!

In other news, light is light.

KeithM89_old · 27-08-2010 09:10PM

Use Gas...

Voltex · 27-08-2010 09:20PM

buy a Nissan Leaf and a Superser!

mikom · 27-08-2010 09:20PM

Tender Hoop wrote: »

Some say that we are already there and that supplies are now on the way down.

What does that mean for joe public?

Fuck..... We'll have to grill everything.

Biggins · 27-08-2010 09:22PM

Yea, another 50 to 70 years and prices are going to rocket - without fuel of course!
(I'll propably be dead by then by I worry for the kids future)

SeaFields · 27-08-2010 09:23PM

we should go nuclear ....now!

Biggins · 27-08-2010 09:25PM

SeaFields wrote: »

we should go nuclear ....now!

Go annoy Iran or North Korea - they will make you nuclear rapid!

Mrmoe · 27-08-2010 09:25PM

I think this will be a good thing for Ireland. We will eventually switch to more renewable means of fueling transport. Our agricultural system will get a boost as well due to the rising price of food world wide our low cost systems of production will have an advantage over most others.

strokemyclover · 27-08-2010 09:26PM

I'm already working on a potato-based alternative

SeaFields · 27-08-2010 09:27PM

Biggins wrote: »

Go annoy Iran or North Korea - they will make you nuclear rapid!

The experiments by Iran and N. Korea are strictly for energy generation Biggins ....and they just happen to be testing some nice new rockets they built as well.

InTheTrees · 27-08-2010 09:29PM

Maybe planning permission for a wind turbine will get easier?

naaa....

:mad:

Biggins · 27-08-2010 09:30PM

SeaFields wrote: »

The experiments by Iran and N. Korea are strictly for energy generation Biggins ....and they just happen to be testing some nice new rockets they built as well.

I agree - pure coincidence.
And one will never be combined with the other. :pac:

Sea Sharp · 27-08-2010 09:39PM

Rumour has it they genetically engineered bacteria that eats wood chips and sh1tes out oil.
Also there's a load of helium3 on da moon, which can be used for nuclear fusion or somthin' like that.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbnZNJptWEQ

Terry · 27-08-2010 09:41PM

strokemyclover wrote: »

I'm already working on a potato-based alternative

Poitín?
I've been drinking it for years and can confirm that it is worthy of the rocket fuel status it has acquired.

As for oil, I consume very little, so I can now point at all you jackasses driving large engine cars and call you, well, jackasses. Seriously, what's the point? Do you think that driving above 88Mph will give you the ability to travel through time? Do you think that owning a car that gets you 20mpg makes your cock bigger?
Congratulations on selfishly depleting the world's oil supply through your own vanity. The medal is in the post.

Biggins · 27-08-2010 09:42PM

Sea Sharp wrote: »

...Also there's a load of helium3 on da moon, which can be used for nuclear fusion or somthin' like that.

Apparently true but at present the mining costs are not YET making it a viable project to go ahead with - but give them time and the super-powers will find a way.
Thanks heavens I will be dead (hopefully) before they mine the crap out of the moon!

Jesus Wept · 27-08-2010 09:44PM

Watch the movie 'Crisis' if you feel like freaking out.
Actually that isn't the name of the movie, I can't remember what it was called now. :-o

According to it we are doomed and it's time to stock up on tinned goods.

Oil is used for everything, making essential things that can't be made without it.

amacachi · 27-08-2010 09:45PM

Once the price goes over ~$100 shale oil will become economically viable leaving us with a nice big supply again.
We should be building fission plants and erecting wind turbines til fusion becomes viable. Some day I'm sure.

Tender Hoop · 27-08-2010 09:47PM

The-Rigger wrote: »

Watch the movie 'Crisis' if you feel like freaking out.
Actually that isn't the name of the movie, I can't remember what it was called now. :-o

According to it we are doomed and it's time to stock up on tinned goods.

Oil is used for everything, making essential things that can't be made without it.

I watched crisis. Pretty dramatic stuff.

Terry · 27-08-2010 09:50PM

InTheTrees wrote: »

Maybe planning permission for a wind turbine will get easier?

naaa....

:mad:

No! You are not going to obscure my view of the sea and/or field with your monstrosities. I will object to any planning permission requests.

How dare you even suggest building such eyesores? I guarantee that you would object to them if you were not living in a high ivory tower. It's all well and good for you, but not all of us can c the c from c level.*

As for nucular power; how dare anyone even suggest it. We all know that Muslim teererists will undoubtedly blow them all up, and that the English will just pour our waste back into the Irish c.* Actually, the last bit might be true.

*I decided to amuse myself by forcing txt spk users to think about what they are reading. Apologies to those who do not use txt spk. The answer is "see sea sea and sea.

27-08-2010 09:55PM

Peak oil is a bit like table mountain, steep sides and a flat top, we are currently on the flat top, sometime soon - down the slope!

Oli isn't running out, it's just that we can't get it out of the ground quick enough and at an affordable price.

Forget future growth, it isn't going to happen - the Chinese have bought up much of the future supplies of oil.

Best thing we can do is to start manufacturing things locally and forget "da nowlege economy"

ejmaztec · 27-08-2010 09:58PM

You could probably get a thousand miles out of the contents of an Eddie Rocket frying-pan.

mink_man · 27-08-2010 09:58PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGGabrorRS8

johnnyjb · 27-08-2010 10:00PM

This might belong in the Conspiracy Theory forum but i heard oil isnt that rare and they have loads in alaska but its being hoarded to keep supply and demand prices high.

I always wondered why people werent so pushed it would be gone in 50 years or so, it prob wont. Surely we would be seriously looking for alternatives

Grindylow · 27-08-2010 10:00PM

Oil switch to Water.

KevinVonSpiel · 27-08-2010 10:05PM

Pish-fuelled engines for the win.

Tender Hoop · 27-08-2010 10:06PM

johnnyjb wrote: »

This might belong in the Conspiracy Theory forum but i heard oil isnt that rare and they have loads in alaska but its being hoarded to keep supply and demand prices high.

I always wondered why people werent so pushed it would be gone in 50 years or so, it prob wont. Surely we would be seriously looking for alternatives

I would hardly call this topic a conspiracy theory.

Terry · 27-08-2010 10:09PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Peak oil is a bit like table mountain, steep sides and a flat top, we are currently on the flat top, sometime soon - down the slope!

Oli isn't running out, it's just that we can't get it out of the ground quick enough and at an affordable price.

Forget future growth, it isn't going to happen - the Chinese have bought up much of the future supplies of oil.

Best thing we can do is to start manufacturing things locally and forget "da nowlege economy"

What?
So all those people with arts degrees are ****ed?
Who would have thought that would ever happen?

Pherekydes · 27-08-2010 10:09PM

Tender Hoop wrote: »

Some say that we are already there and that supplies are now on the way down.

What does that mean for joe public?

Americans will still be driving down their driveways to collect their post while the rest of the world will be trying to catch their farts in bottles and robbing cow dung from the nearest farm.

amacachi · 27-08-2010 10:10PM

mink_man wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGGabrorRS8

Where does the plastic come from?

Boxoffrogs · 27-08-2010 10:12PM

Tender Hoop wrote: »

I watched crisis. Pretty dramatic stuff.

Was it called Collapse, Mike Ruppert was the guys name, because of him, all my money is in seeds, I couldn't afford any gold:(

Peak Oil!!!

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