Another Reason Christians are Dangerous

[Rhondazvous]

While there were scientists that predicted we would be out of oil by now, they were actually not so wrong and don't let that confuse you. Oil extraction changed dramatically over the last century and still does.

Not so wrong !?! They were completely wrong. They made predicted a disaster that did not come to pass precisely because they discounted human ingenuity and the power of market forces to efficiently allocate resources. Environmentalists are generally anti-technology and big government types. In their ideal world progress means forcing everyone to live in organic sustenance agricultural communes. No one other than hippy douches (thanks Drich) are going back on the farm to avoid theoretical ecological disasters based on unfalsifiable computer models tweeked to satisfy liberal/"progressive" political agendas. That's not "progressive"; its regressive. Environmentalists won't be happy until we revert to pre-industrial technologies.

In the meantime they hamstring research and development in the only viable zero-emissions power source, nuclear energy. We could move beyond 60-year old technology and learn to scale up new clean and safe technologies, but the enviro-wackos won't have it - another cafe-mocha latte, please. Cities aren't going to go without power. Once the existing reactors have been retired with no replacements in the offing, there will be no choice but to build fossil fuel plants (which of course they'll try to block). Wind farms and solar panel just cannot meet demand, not even in theory with 100% conversion and land coverage.

Human ingenuity and market forces cannot increase the amount of oil buried in the Earth. That amount is finite. Their "efficient allocation" means people in Ghana are getting electricity for 12 hours every other day and people in the US are paying through their noses for oil they are being told will never run out. But it doesn't take an advanced degree in science to realize that that which is finite will eventually run out.

The human population is increasing exponentially while the amount of time needed for fossils to turn into oil is astronomically long. Do the math..