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[Stubby]

18 minutes ago, Steven P said:

, dwindling oil supplies 

The Norgies would say otherwise . 

[tree-fancier123]

it clearly is dwindling, but by how much?

 

As of 2026, humanity has used approximately 35–40% of total estimated recoverable oil resources, leaving roughly 60–65% remaining. 

 

if climate science is even half right burning the remaining oil will be a disaster, but humans are used to disasters, so nothing new.

They say a massive lump of space rock did for the dinosaurs, so even with renewables it seems we can still be wiped out. 

Frack every well.

" I don’t know what’s gonna happen, but I wanna have my kicks before the whole shithouse goes up in flames”

[Steven P]

38 minutes ago, Stubby said:

The Norgies would say otherwise . 

 

Wikikipedia, BP, World Oil forums and so on suggest otherwise though. I think Norway knows exactly how long their oil will last and even if they are extracting more and more, that does not mean they have suddenly invented an oil creation machine though...

[Stubby]

34 minutes ago, Steven P said:

 

Wikikipedia, BP, World Oil forums and so on suggest otherwise though. I think Norway knows exactly how long their oil will last and even if they are extracting more and more, that does not mean they have suddenly invented an oil creation machine though...

About 50 years minimum that they know about without looking for more . 

[Squaredy]

6 hours ago, sime42 said:

 

I think he might be trolling the troll. 

 

 

Ah, maybe.

[sime42]

1 hour ago, tree-fancier123 said:

it clearly is dwindling, but by how much?

 

As of 2026, humanity has used approximately 35–40% of total estimated recoverable oil resources, leaving roughly 60–65% remaining. 

 

if climate science is even half right burning the remaining oil will be a disaster, but humans are used to disasters, so nothing new.

They say a massive lump of space rock did for the dinosaurs, so even with renewables it seems we can still be wiped out. 

Frack every well.

" I don’t know what’s gonna happen, but I wanna have my kicks before the whole shithouse goes up in flames”

 

 

 

 

Brilliant album that one. The man, Jim Morrison, was a legend. Died well before his time.

 

 

[Johnsond]

3 hours ago, Stubby said:

About 50 years minimum that they know about without looking for more . 

There’s known reserves Stubby and there’s drilling and exploration, those reading up on it and claiming to be experts are just kidding themselves. 
Regardless of any of that if we need it which we do we should be extracting it from our own sectors, it gives revenue, jobs and some degree of control, to stop drilling and shut your own sector down yet buy from someone else extracting from basically the same basin  is utter madness. 
To shut one supply of energy down before the other is ready is again ideologically driven stupidity. 
The SNP now slating labour are utter hypocrites as to appease the green tossers they created pointless six figure jobs for, in order to maintain control in holyrood, tried there best to shutdown development in the UK North Sea. 
It’s all well and good having a deranged fantasy about occupying the moral high ground and leading the world on a moral path but it’s not much good if you are skint, cold, and unemployed when you get there. 
 

Edited January 13 by Johnsond

[Steven P]

3 hours ago, Stubby said:

About 50 years minimum that they know about without looking for more . 

 

I was going to ask you if you think that the oil will run out, referencing my earlier comment about leaving a legacy for our children (lights on, or lights off). I think from this you believe the oil will run out?

 

So the question is really, do you believe that the oil will start to run out in our lifetimes, our childrens or our grand childrens lives? And so at what point do we as a nation take a lead, and start building for the future where our increasing energy demands comes from Nuclear (the sun that power the 'green' stuff is a massive nuclear explosion). Leave the children with light or no lights.

 

If we take all the oil all now - like the Norwegians appear to be doing, and run out in 35 to 50 years, anything that we cannot replace oil with is screwed. If we are pragmatic and switch to alternatives as soon as we can anything that cannot be replaced (with our current knowledge and tech) we might be able to make last 100 years or more?

 

So at what point do we decide to make that switch as a nation to green energy if we had our time again to decide? Noting that the longer we leave the change over the more expensive it will be as every nation will then be competing for the materials to make the new infrastructure. So when should we make the switch? Now, leave it to the children or leave it to the grand children to do?

Edited January 13 by Steven P

[Johnsond]

1 hour ago, Steven P said:

we are pragmatic and switch to alternatives as soon as we can anything that cannot be replaced (with our current knowledge and tech) we might be able to make last 100 years or more?

Well finally 😂😂 You mean extract our own oil which we will need for years to come from our own sector employing our own people as opposed to buying from abroad and shutting down our own sector 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

Pragmatism Halle ****************ing Lujah 

 

 

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[Stubby]

8 hours ago, Steven P said:

 

I was going to ask you if you think that the oil will run out, referencing my earlier comment about leaving a legacy for our children (lights on, or lights off). I think from this you believe the oil will run out?

 

So the question is really, do you believe that the oil will start to run out in our lifetimes, our childrens or our grand childrens lives? And so at what point do we as a nation take a lead, and start building for the future where our increasing energy demands comes from Nuclear (the sun that power the 'green' stuff is a massive nuclear explosion). Leave the children with light or no lights.

 

If we take all the oil all now - like the Norwegians appear to be doing, and run out in 35 to 50 years, anything that we cannot replace oil with is screwed. If we are pragmatic and switch to alternatives as soon as we can anything that cannot be replaced (with our current knowledge and tech) we might be able to make last 100 years or more?

 

So at what point do we decide to make that switch as a nation to green energy if we had our time again to decide? Noting that the longer we leave the change over the more expensive it will be as every nation will then be competing for the materials to make the new infrastructure. So when should we make the switch? Now, leave it to the children or leave it to the grand children to do?

Dunno is the honest answer . I do think the oil will run out , eventually , but could be hundreds of years yet . There are un tapped reserves on our door step and as Dave points out , why don't we ( UK ) make use of it rather than let someone else abstract it and then we buy it from them at a premium . Boils my piss .