Drilling for Oil is Not the Answer SEPTEMBER 18, 2008 Jonathan G. Dorn

[IsailedawayfromFR]

Dug out this older article from 11 years ago that proved how wrong people can be.

I stopped counting on the number of items that he got wrong after 20.

Why should we now choose to believe anything else people like him say on the subject?

Background
The United States consumes nearly 21 million barrels of petroleum per day (7.5 billion barrels per year), one fourth the world total. (1)
Of the crude oil consumed in the U.S., 66 percent is imported. (2)
The U.S. is on pace to spend over $500 billion on petroleum imports in 2008. (3)
U.S. oil production currently occurs onshore in the lower 48 states (2.9 million barrels per day (mbd)), offshore (1.4 mbd, primarily in the Gulf of Mexico), and in Alaska (0.7 mbd). (4)

More Drilling Cannot Make the U.S. Energy Independent
The U.S. Geological Survey estimates that 10.4 billion barrels of oil are technically recoverable in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR)—less than one and a half years of consumption. (5)
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) estimates that of the 59 billion barrels of technically recoverable oil in the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) of the lower 48 states, only 18 billion are off limits under the federal moratorium. (6)
DOE projects that lifting the OCS moratorium would not increase production before 2017 and that by 2030 production would only amount to 0.2 million barrels per day—less than 1 percent of current consumption. (7)
Total U.S. proved oil reserves are estimated at 21 billion barrels—less than a 3 year supply at the current rate of consumption. (8)
Since peaking in 1970, U.S. crude oil production has declined 47 percent. World production could be peaking now. (9)

More Drilling Will Not Reduce Oil or Gasoline Prices
DOE projects that opening ANWR would lower gasoline prices at the pump by a mere 2 cents per gallon. (10)
Lifting the moratoria on drilling in ANWR and the OCS would reduce the price of a gallon of gasoline by at most 6 cents—and this would not be seen for at least another decade. (11)
Oil is traded as a global commodity and its price is set on the world market. The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) could simply reduce exports to negate even the nominal potential price reduction, a fact acknowledged by DOE. (12)

We Can Move Beyond Oil
The increase in U.S. automobile fuel economy standards to 35 miles per gallon of gasoline mandated by the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 is projected to save more than 1.1 million barrels of oil per day in 2020—roughly half of current U.S. imports from the Persian Gulf. Technology exists to raise standards higher faster. (13)
Electrifying the U.S. transportation system and restructuring urban transport could reduce petroleum consumption by over 50 percent, nearly eliminating the need for imports. (14)
Wind-generated electricity could power plug-in hybrid cars, such as GM’s prototype Chevy Volt, at the equivalent of less than $1 per gallon of gasoline. (15)
http://www.earth-policy.org/press_room/C68/bulletin3

[thackney]

From that site:

All good things must come to an end and that is true of the Earth Policy Institute. We closed our doors on July 1, 2015.

This website is now being hosted by Rutgers University and will continue to remain live, but without updates, for years to come.

[IsailedawayfromFR]

From that site:

All good things must come to an end and that is true of the Earth Policy Institute. We closed our doors on July 1, 2015.

This website is now being hosted by Rutgers University and will continue to remain live, but without updates, for years to come.

am really glad they are extinct.

Here's one of their books - to save us, they must kill us first.
Plan B 4.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization

[Smokin Joe]

am really glad they are extinct.

Here's one of their books - to save us, they must kill us first.
Plan B 4.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization

So, I have a question. Does the grass grow greener around the windmill where the dead birds lie?

[IsailedawayfromFR]

So, I have a question. Does the grass grow greener around the windmill where the dead birds lie?

Don't give them a reason to give the grass fertilizer as a justification to kill birds.

Remember, they will embrace this as they are veggies first and foremost.

[Smokin Joe]

Don't give them a reason to give the grass fertilizer as a justification to kill birds.

Remember, they will embrace this as they are veggies first and foremost.

No wonder they do so well in an environment so rich in nitrogenous waste. High fiber, low fat...