steve wrote:
hey jez, its been a while................u been lurkin?
Been flat out selling the house and moving Steve...I quickly call through most days for 5 mins or so, scan the topics and sometimes read a couple...that's about all I've had time for lately.
emsjoflo wrote:
You may be right. I have no way of measuring any of those statistics myself.
If you're interested in checking them out em, I'd recommend
this article (Click to view) where USSR/Russian production levels are shown as an easy to read graph (mid-page), or
this article (Click To View) if you're after a more in depth overview of past, present and future Soviet/Russian production levels.
emsjoflo wrote:
And I don't trust the oil companies to tell me the unaltered truth.
That's a good policy IMO.
There's a global band of retired petroleum geologists and energy experts who regularly serve up outstanding research...not just an unqualified mainstream media journalist regurgitating spoon fed lines direct from the oil industry.
emsjoflo wrote:
Forgive me if I propagated a myth. My main theme was "think for yourself".
The abiotic oil having any bearing on Peak Oil myth is a really persistent one...probably because the subject is quite complex and it takes a fair bit of reading to understand either issue. That's not your fault mate...it's a seductive 'theory' - if I came off sounding blunt that was due to time restraints, not intention.
These articles may help clear things up for you:
Peak oil, deep oil and son of the evening star -- part I (Click To View)
Peak Oil and Deep Oil, Part II (Click To View)
***I'm not a huge fan of Byron King's writing style, but once you get past that there's a good overview of abiotic oil in both the above articles.
And this one from Richard Heinberg is well worth a read:
The “Abiotic Oil” Controversy (Click To View)
I think both authors treat the matter very fairly, while clearly demonstrating the unlikelihood of the existence of abiotic oil in even a single isolated example, plus the certainty that it can't affect production levels or flow rates - both of which are the nuts and bolts of Peak Oil.
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