Re: World Energy Reports

At Fri, 31 Jul 2026 11:43:33 -0700, Dude <[email protected]> wrote:

> 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?

He came here because he found a place where he can get
a rise out of people -- a source of endless amusement
for some.

(For another example, consider the travesty found in
alt.food.fast-food .  _Someone_ must be having fun in there,
and I think I know who it is...)

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