Re: Runaway Global Warming Possible!

From: Ian St. John (istjohn_at_noemail.usa)
Date: 03/07/05 

Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2005 08:48:51 -0500

Aidan Karley wrote:
> [reply trimmed to exclude the obvious flamebait groups. I'm not sure
> where the original poster is replying from. I'm in sci.geo.geology.]
>
> In article <MbOWd.2541$fW4.151248@news20.bellglobal.com>, Ian St. John
> wrote:
>> I hadn't realised that Canada was going that far 'afield'.
>>
> Check out what Talisman are up to in Sudan. Not that they've
> been talking very much about it since the news people found out about
> the genocide. (I'm not alleging that Talisman are involved with or
> deliberately instigating the genocide, but human rights abuses do have
> a tendency to follow investment opportunities like sunset follows the
> terminator.)
> Apache are Canadians too? They've recently brought a billion
> barrel North Sea field from BP - Forties.
> That's just the ones I've had personal involvement with.
>
> I was trying to get work in the Malvinas (North Falklands
> Basin) a few years ago, but it doesn't look likely to be a goer in
> terms of major oilfields. Another "un-explored basin" that's
> effectively dry, which is another pain in the eye for the economists
> who think oil supply is a matter of economics, not geology.

Well, in a way, it is. Titan is now known to be a major find... It could
probably supply our needs for many generations.. but good luck finding
'economically recoverable' hydrocarbon reserves. Petroleum isn't really
about finding crude oil, but the economics of recovery. The current system
runs on CHEAP and PLENTIFUL oil. i.e. Quantity matters too. The Tar Sands
of Alberta are cheap enough but they provide a trickle in return for huge
investments. And the pace that we are consuming it is just too high to
sustain for more than a couple more decades. We need to start moving away
from cheap oil as the major fuel both to limit price spikes from shortfalls
and to eventually have an alternative with the investment in infrastructure
that it needs. This may be coal gassification/conversion ( most likley in my
opinion ) I can only hope that it includes proper treatment to remove waste
products and improvements in mine safety.

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