World Energy Reports
Dude <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | alt.buddha.short.fat.guy,alt.messianic |
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| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
On 7/30/2026 9:51 AM, dart200 wrote: > On 7/30/26 9:38 AM, Dude wrote: >> On 7/29/2026 2:30 PM, dart200 wrote: >>> On 7/29/26 11:54 AM, Dude wrote: >>>> On 7/28/2026 12:16 PM, dart200 wrote: >>>>> On 7/28/26 11:37 AM, Noah Sombrero wrote: >>>>>> On Tue, 28 Jul 2026 13:48:51 -0400, Wilson <[email protected]> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> On 7/28/2026 1:11 PM, Dude wrote: >>>>>>>> "The truth is down there." >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> The United States gets most of its oil from domestic production and >>>>>>>> Canada, with over half of its total supply pumped locally and the >>>>>>>> majority of imports coming via pipelines from its northern >>>>>>>> neighbor. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Domestic sources from Texas produces roughly 43% of U.S. output, >>>>>>>> driven >>>>>>>> largely by the Permian Basin. and the Gulf of Mexico is a major >>>>>>>> federal >>>>>>>> offshore drilling zone. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> There is significant production from New Mexico and North Dakota's >>>>>>>> Bakken formation. Alaska has long-standing active fields in >>>>>>>> northern and >>>>>>>> coastal regions. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Proven oil reserves are one thing, but the unproven, potential >>>>>>> reserves >>>>>>> are quite a bit higher. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Estimates of total U.S. technically recoverable crude oil resources >>>>>>> (proved + unproven, excluding oil shale) are roughly 270–310 billion >>>>>>> barrels. At current consumption, that's 35–45 years of supply if >>>>>>> consumed at current rates. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> When oil shale is included, U.S. technically recoverable oil is >>>>>>> about >>>>>>> 1,657.5 billion barrels, roughly 227 years at current consumption >>>>>>> rates. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> New discoveries are being made all the time so those numbers are the >>>>>>> baseline minimum. >>>>>> >>>>>> It is true that what was thought the limit of reserves 60 years ago >>>>>> has proven to be pessimistic. That does not mean that reserves are >>>>>> unlimited though. >>>>> >>>>> there is certainly enough fossil fuel out there to lock in total >>>>> extinction if we want >>>>> >>>> What about the Messiah at alt.messianic? What does he say about >>>> extinction? He probably wants it so he can return and make the >>>> planet communistic and a really big commune somewhere in a desert. >>>> >>>> Haven't we heard this story before? YMMV. >>> >>> apparently not >>> >>>> > >>>>> it's basically a "player-trap" for sub-ethical species to fuck >>>>> themselves over, before they because a universal problem >>>>> >>>> Apparently you've got a problem burning up a lot of dirty energy >>>> every month. There's not much an individual can do to conserve the >>>> environment, but you could at least turn the AC off at night. YMMV. >>>> >>>> The question is - why are energy costs so high in California? >>> >>> because people like you are fucking retards dud >>> >> You're the sucker with a heat pump and central air conditioning! > > i'm somehow a sucker for the free market failing to make energy cheap??? > You are a sucker for not having any home solar and help save the planet. You are burning up way too much energy! > > most people on this planet are actually too poor to pay for AC ya > know... cause our economic system does not produce energy efficiently > enough, and there is no change to this in sight > Says the guy with a heat pump and central air-conditioning. > > seriously dud, on a scale of 0 to mindlessly drooling in the corner of a > special ed class... just how fucking retarded are you??? > You came HERE to get educated?