How then, do we move backwards? How does a society, with most of the people having no clue of future events, move from being dependent on a vast and intertwined network of goods and services produced by the indigenous people of whereever, to a local resource and renewable energy based society, and do so in the timeframe available (20-30 years using the most liberal extimates, 10-20 with resonable estimates, 5-10 with worst case scenarios), all the while prices on everything increasing, world politics getting more militaristic, governments continuously reducing civil liberties, shortages of goods on the market and weather patterns resembling bad Hollywood movies?
Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 9:31 pm Post subject: Re: Kite to pull ship across Atlantic
Twilight wrote:
Lanthanide wrote:
If oil supplies drop off like people are predicting they will (at some point), what are all the existing oil tankers going to be doing? I'm sure they can be converted to take other supplies around.
No, they will be rusting. Converting tankers to carry anything else is prohibitively expensive. I have heard it done with smaller product tankers that ply inland waterways, but ocean-going crude carriers, no way. Always cheaper to build new.
I thought obsolete tankers often end up getting used as stationary storage tanks, like what they did when single hulled ships were getting phased out and replaced with double hulled ships? _________________ The oil barrel is half-full.
All times are GMT - 6 Hours Goto page Previous1, 2
Page 2 of 2
You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum
News
Discussions
Resources
Members
Forum FAQ
Search
Usergroups
Profile
Log in to check your private messages
Log in
