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KindChange3300 t1_j083gyn wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in How much gas/oil, roughly, is actually left for us to use? How long until we get to the last drop and need to start rationing? by football2106
Perhaps another way to explain your position is this: if we really needed to, we could literally create oil out of thin air and energy; that is, use CO2 and water in endothermic reactions.
The question is - are there cheaper, safer and more convenient alternatives to either extract ing or creating the hydrocarbons we want for energy storage and transportation?
KindChange3300 t1_j08wuhk wrote
Reply to comment by Jamie1897 in How much gas/oil, roughly, is actually left for us to use? How long until we get to the last drop and need to start rationing? by football2106
Given the current state of technology, yes. But we must, for example, not allow an environment that sabotages potentially disruptive innovation.
What if, for example, portable fusion reactors become financially viable? Or other energy storage technologies emerge which make current generation battery technologies obsolete. For example, gyroscopic energy storage has been explored. What does happen, however is that industry-sponsored regulations and subsidies stifle development of other avenues in favor of incumbent interests.