[quote=KSMountain][quote=Nor-LA-SD-guy]
Well I think it would still take a few hundred years for the population to double from here,
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So the question Arraya, might be, will we run out of oil before we can successfully build the needed nuclear plants?
“Oops, crap, we only needed 10MM more barrels to finish the last nuke plant but we just burned the last of it! How stupid of us!”.
I personally do not think that is a likely scenario.[/quote]
I don’t think we will ever run out of oil Personally, I go back and fourth on nuclear. I rather see solar, tidal and wind because they are not finite and don’t produce a bunch of waste. All you have to do is maintain and update the machinery. Nuclear is not long term thinking.
With wind, solar and tidal we could power the world today.
But u hit the nail on the head. We need to budget non-renewable resources like we would money and we don’t because we are insane. Instead we are in a race to get rid of them on useless consumption.
For an interesting read. here is Admiral Rickover’s speech on oil depletion, he is the father of the nuclear navy. Interesting read and an extremely forward thinking man. http://www.energybulletin.net/node/23151
