In their way both Uncle Al and D.Morgan are both right in their way.
Al and his 25 cubic miles of EASILY EXTRACTED OIL.
While Dan correctly states that the Canadien Athabaska tar sands exceeds by 1.5 times all the known oil deposits in the world. Except that processing and extraction causes awful POLLUTION. Even though Canada relies upon 10% of this extracted oil for its own use.
Ever the optimist, I am posting a large number of recent Oil and Gas finds,for everyones info at the bottom of this posting.
Many countries previously not known for having any Gas or Oil deposits, have now been found to have them. The Inuits and Australians, among others.
Egypt and Israel have both found huge Gas offshore deposits which are coming online.
Infact there is speculation that the whole of the Mediteranean Sea Basin, may hold untold Gas reserves. Could that be why Pres: Putin is about to visit Israel?
Staying optimistic...don't forget that our Moon's
(yes we have two, Cruithne, is our other) are a potential source of unlimited energy. In the form of the Helium 3 Isotope. A potent non-polluting energy source with virtually no radio-active byproducts in a Nuclear Reactor.
The estimated million tons of Helium 3 on the Moon, could supply earth with energy for thousands of years. A single Shuttle load of 30 tons, should meet all the U.S demands for 14 months.
(my estimation, admittedly, I do not know how many tons a shuttle could BRING BACK.)
Could that be why Bush is gearing up for a Chinese/U.S Moon race?
Staying optimistic, ..vast quantities of Deturium present in our Seas could be isolated and purified using H2s Isotope exchange lines. (could be easier and better than using our Moons H3?)
Both would require us to solve the problem of heating Hydrogen to 100 Million C and keeping it confined long enough to extract unlimited energy.
Then there is Prof: Thomas Gold who believes that Methane Gas has continually generated deep within our warm Earth, by micro-organismsfot millions of years.
Nor should we forget undersea Clathrates, (frozen Methane) again estimated to be at least equal in energy to all the known oil reserves.
Plus, much research going into the development of a total Ceramic Diesel engine. The block and pistons would glow dull red. Sintered Ceramics can operate at 1000C + (Shuttle tiles) No water cooling would be needed(Remember the 'Beetle' Volkswagon?) A total Ceramic engine would be far more efficient on fuel, with no electronics either
except for LED headlites?
With 100% burning of its pollutants, theexpensive Platinum catalyst would not be needed.
I envisage future houses using LED lighting, Transistor Radios, Tv's and Mobiles, using no more than 2 or three volts. Fridge freezers
might use an efficient tri-metal strip heat exchanger, or even a Gas heater.Given the above, Just why would we need to remain connected to the expensive over extended Power Companys?
We hav'nt seen nothing yet. The best is yet to come, as far as energy is concerned, in my book anyway.
Now back to those recent Oil and Gas discoverys.
http://www.gasandoil.com/goc/discover/h_left.htm **********************************************
Optimism IS Life......Mike Kremer