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Does it matter if we have alternatives to oil? Will continue to need oil for a long time to fly planes, run tanks and military equipment, etc…
But as far as transportation for the average Joe, push comes to shove, we are at a point where we can adjust and not really lose quality of life.
Remember we still have lots of coal.
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Liquid fuel(s) is the only viable alternative because of energy density to fly planes, run tanks and military equipment, etc…
what you might find interesting is there was an atomic powered B36 “bomber” back in the 1950’s
also back during WW II nazi germany did indeed convert coal using the Fischer–Tropsch process into avgas because the allied bombed axis infrastructure
for the USA war effort, we were lucky to have access to conventional oil field and produced 100/130 octane for our aircraft engines (which boosted performance),
so if/when you hear the main stream media thinking coal is an altarnative, then you’ll know we as a society “worldwide” are clearly on the down ward side of the “peak oil” curve
S. Africa is the only example that has historically produced syngas because that part of the world does not have convention oil fields
FYI here is an interesting graph scaled showing production in thousand barrels per day of Crude + Condensate (outside the USA and Canada) with the last data point September 2014 (note the bumpy plateau started in July 2005)
one last thought to ponder is something else I just read about “Why Cheap Oil Does Not Mean that Peak Oil is a Myth”
