[Gasification] Proven oil reserves are not a measure

[Greg and April]

How fast they get up and running, will be determined by economics - the more 
it's needed the faster it will be put into effect and to ( insert swear word 
of choice ) with the consequences.

They could be doing it now, had not the last oil company folded up shop in 
the region about 10-15 yrs ago, because crude was so cheep.


A big issue is that if they continue to putz around trying to solve all the 
issues before getting started, economics WILL decide that ecological 
concerns fall into the " acceptable " category.


I'm of the belief that they need at the very least, to get a pilot plant up 
and running, and use it to solve the problems while producing at least some 
useful product - all the work in the lab does not mean a thing when it comes 
to the real world issues ( recall the plant to make oil out of turkey and 
chicken guts ).


Greg H.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Rezachek" <rezachekd001 at hawaii.rr.com>
To: <gasification at listserv.repp.org>
Sent: Monday, March 03, 2008 18:34
Subject: Re: [Gasification] Proven oil reserves are not a measure of 
futuresupply of world petroleum. It is a well known fallacy in thepetroleum 
industry to treat them in this way, and it has had serious political 
consequences.


> Yes. But the key is how fast, and even whether, oil shale and coal can
> start taking up the slack.
>
> Again, they better get cracking very soon because the deficit between
> supply and demand will grow.
>
> There also are a number of environmental and cost issues associated with
> these sources that need to be addressed.
>
> Simple economics will not necessarily make solving these problems any
> simpler.
>
> David Rezachek
>
>
>
> Greg and April wrote:
>
>>While I do not deny that we will eventualy have an oil shortage ( I never
>>have ) what I do disagree about is that it's going to be by the year 2020.
>>I also disagree that it's going to be a sharp drop, because things like
>>synthetic fuel from oil shale and coal are going to start taking up the
>>slack - simple economics will dictate this.
>>
>>Indeed I expect that it will be gassification that will eventualy unlocks
>>oil shale, and while eco-activests talk about how there will be debris 
>>from
>>oil shale opperations, if the material has gon through a gasifier, to 
>>remove
>>the hydrocarbons, then it should be perfect as the aggregate when making
>>asphalt.
>>
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