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re: Energy projections
Tom Brosz — (archived)

I can't comment effectively on your numbers, since you did the work and I didn't. However, it should be noted that we have been "running out of oil" for many, many years now, and those predicting it weren't idiots either.

One article on this here. Submitted for comment.

Unless we start doing more exploratory drilling, it seems unlikely that a lot more "proven reserves" will be found. This includes Alaska and the Gulf of Mexico, being squelched by Democrats and a Republican, respectively.

What we may be running out of is cheap oil, and as the price rises, alternatives and better ways of doing things will become economical.

The trick is to allow the market to respond. Make licensing requirements for nuclear and other alternative power plants reasonable and simple. And DON'T subsidize the prices of oil, natural gas, and gasoline to consumers.

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