2006-12-16 01:40:58 · 11 answers · asked by adams girl 2 in Environment
as in the worlds reserves not youre petrol tank answerer number two!
2006-12-16 01:46:56 · update #1
We hit the crossover point back in 1972. Oil prices are exorbitant now BECAUSE our reserves are not being replaced with new discoveries. We can be sure of 10 years. In 20, without a replacement, our infrastructure will begin to collapse.
It's that serious.
2006-12-16 02:13:29 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Don't worry we will have many other sources of fuel before this could begin to be a problem. The answer may surprise you if the truth be told we aren't running out and were not going to. Canada has more oil than has ever been found so far in there waste lands. And lets not forget how oil came to be to begin with do you think these processes ceased when we learned to use it no they continue. It will continue; I would be more alarmed about over-population than oil. If you want to dig deep enough you will find there never has and never will be a shortage. It is merely a way for oil company's and the government to make more money. Like taxes aren't enough. Oh and let's not forget who controls Alcohol the government; They sell it then put you in jail for using it (more money) It goes from the highest ranks federal all the way down to local government.
2006-12-16 02:13:39 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Most people say around 50 years, but I think that is more like 100 as new stocks are still being found, if all the governments agreed to a maximum size engine for town etc then it would stretch out longer. Stop the trend of big 4x4s just to go to the shops, there is really no need for a 4.5 Lt Jeep to get to Tesco, when a 1.3 would do very well and use half the fuel
2006-12-16 02:02:31 · answer #3 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Would u believe never . The plants remove the CO2 from our air and that produces food for the plants with a process called photosynthesis , this accelerates the plant growth. The leaves fall off and go down the rivers to the delta where it deteriorates into oil,gas,and coal.We only need to try to find our fuels where mother nature hides it.
2006-12-16 03:24:58 · answer #4 · answered by JOHNNIE B 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It started to run out as soon as we started to use it. There is only a finite amount of fossil fuel in the Earth. We feel the pinch when the rate of supply drops towards the rate of usage. We need real alternatives quite soon, probably not in my lifetime. Most of the alternatives put forwards so far have theoretical limitations that the non-tech environmentalists aren't equipped to understand. Nuclear and extensions on that theme are realistic.
2006-12-16 01:55:54 · answer #5 · answered by Gary K 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
about 40 to 50 years
2006-12-16 01:45:20 · answer #6 · answered by bastaad 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Economics says:
It will never run out. As it gets rarer and harder to get, and therefore more expensive, fewer people will want to buy it. Eventually, before it is all gone, it will be so expensive that alternative fuel sources will become used by everyone.
2006-12-16 01:46:58 · answer #7 · answered by Halcyon 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
about 50 years
2006-12-16 01:43:11 · answer #8 · answered by dislexic1yen 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Around 20 years, with more and more cars on the road probley less
2006-12-16 01:49:12 · answer #9 · answered by ? 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
28 minutes and counting - my petrol light is on!
2006-12-16 01:44:14 · answer #10 · answered by max 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋