Re: Natural origin of oil vs organic origin, a joke?

Why do you feel that because oil is abiotic that it can not be depleted?

"Rolf Martens" <rolf.martens@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> In article <qZhQe.1354$4P5.770@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> noway@xxxxxxxxx says...
>>
>>
>>> Because some very powerful forces in society want people to
>>> believe that oil (above all) is "scarce", which it might be
>>> reasonable to suppose if it had biological origins, and
>>> thus somehow accept the exorbitantly high oil price of today,
>>> in reality a result of some political manipulations and
>>> machinations.
>>>
>>
>>The problem isn't that oil is "scarce", the problem is that cheap oil is
>>being used at about the same rate that it can be extracted from the
>>ground.
>>Very soon, there won't be enough oil to meet worldwide demands for it.
>>Alternate (read: more expensive) sources of oil can not be used. The
>>entire world economy depends on cheap oil. The entire world economy will
>>collapse if cheap oil cannot be produced fast enough to meet demand. If
>>alternate sources need to be tapped, there might as well be NO oil left on
>>the entire planet. The result will be the same as if the oil simply
>>ceased
>>to exist. The world economy will collapse. -Dave
>
> That's not true at all.
>
> Oil quite enough oil for all needs, for a long time in
> the future. can be produced at less that $15/bl, at
> the very most. This can be proved easily.
>
> And most likely, there are enormous amounts which
> can be produced at the "normal" Middle East or Nigeria
> cost of $2-3/bl too.
>
> The Saudi oil minister for instance said precisely that,
> last year - to the discomfort of the US government and
> some others who want to fleece us all.
>
> Rolf M.
>


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