Are oil, gas and coal so abundant, we should pay little attention to alternatives for the long run (500 years)?
Souldn't we be working on clean-safe nuclear?
I am a petroleum engineer working in industry for 5 decades, particularly in worldwide exploration and reserves. My observation is that we have no fear for not having available hydrocarbons for many generations, so many they should be considered virtually infinite for any discussion of the future of hydrocarbon supplies to us.
Oil has been the most exploited and will get harder to continuously extract to satisfy growth usage rates forecasted.
No real worry about that, as the beauty is what God has given us is that one can take either coal or natural gas and convert to about any petroleum product such as gas, diesel, aviation fuel, etc.
Since both coal and gas are at low prices, makes the conversion that much easier. And they are far more abundant than oil.
So rest easy, it will sustain us, and does so with tremendous efficiency compared to almost any alternative.
@truth_seeker