Isn't Peak Oil The Answer To Global Warming?

Yavin4

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Fri Jul-28-06 03:03 PM
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Isn't Peak Oil The Answer To Global Warming?

No more oil. Less and less CO2 emissions. No more global warming. Right?

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htuttle

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Fri Jul-28-06 03:06 PM
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1. Well, there is a 'race' of sorts going on between the two...

...but the punch line is, even if we ran completely out of petroleum (which we won't for some time), there's still enough coal left to burn to turn Earth into Venus, so Global Warming is likely to win out in the end.

So we lose, I guess.

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SteppingRazor

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Fri Jul-28-06 03:06 PM
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2. Yes, but...

there's also that whole end-of-civilization-as-we-know-it thing.

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GOPBasher

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Fri Jul-28-06 03:07 PM
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3. No b/c burning coal releases much more CO2 than gas. eom

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Tace

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Fri Jul-28-06 03:09 PM
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4. No, But It's An Excuse To Kill Off 4 Billion Humans

The "powers that be" obviously expect the terrible "die-off" and "demand destruction" to save their butts.

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Ezlivin

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Fri Jul-28-06 03:13 PM
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5. No. It could get worse

Research following the airline stand-down on 9/11 and following days showed that the atmosphere is currently cooler than normal. This is due to the concentration of particles in the upper atmosphere caused by jet engine exhaust.

When the majority of air traffic was grounded, the earth's temperature began to rapidly warm.

Read more here: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sun/contrail.html

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kestrel91316

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Fri Jul-28-06 03:14 PM
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6. Yep. So here's the deal:

First civilization as we know it ends, causing untold death and suffering and chaos. THEN the survivors burn up or starve or die of dehydration.

No wonder the fundies are so fervently hoping for the Rapture.

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bananas

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Fri Jul-28-06 03:25 PM
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7. Nope - here's a graph of future CO2 production

http://www.eia.doe.gov/oiaf/ieo/emissions.html

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kenny blankenship

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Fri Jul-28-06 03:35 PM
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8. Unless it promotes the burning of more coal. Lots more coal left to burn

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