rogerhb wrote:...of course when the ice melts due to GW it will be easier to drill
SeaGypsy wrote:I think it was still near the south pole for some of the time it was connected to Australia, but the Gondwana moved latitude north & south thousands of miles, or the poles moved as the tectonics played out. Either way logically it probably has had plenty enough time in warmer climes to have trapped hydrocarbons.
Alfred Tennyson wrote:We are not now that strength which in old days
Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are;
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
pstarr wrote:ANTARTICA OIL, could buy us another decade...
Post by Bas » Fri Jul 08, 2005 wrote:
I haven't read anything on Antartica, but I believe drilling for oil is banned there. I don't think the region has been explored either but chances are there could be a gigafield out there. While in the current political climate, drilling on the continent is out of the question, this could change rapidly once we are in a big oilcrisis. Though still, environmental groups will heavily oppose drilling in the antartic, crisis or not. They will probably succeed in delaying any development for some time so I think we shouldn't expect antartic oil to hit the market before 2020.
Any thoughts, sources on this subject?
Yeah Bas, you were wrong. Those damn hippy environmentalists had nothing to do with it. It's just Mother Earth's oily teat going dry.
Bas wrote:I haven't read anything on Antartica, but I believe drilling for oil is banned there. I don't think the region has been explored either but chances are there could be a gigafield out there. While in the current political climate, drilling on the continent is out of the question, this could change rapidly once we are in a big oilcrisis.
Bas wrote:Though still, environmental groups will heavily oppose drilling in the antartic, crisis or not. They will probably succeed in delaying any development for some time so I think we shouldn't expect antartic oil to hit the market before 2020.
Any thoughts, sources on this subject?
Bas
Alfred Tennyson wrote:We are not now that strength which in old days
Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are;
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
Synapsid wrote:Tanada,
The opossum is "still common" in the Great Lakes ecoregion, is it? The things are all over the place on the West Coast (and throughout the South)--they crossed the Golden Gate by 1962, and were on Vancouver Island in British Columbia last I looked. They caused a stir when they showed up in southern Ontario, but as hey have no hair on their tails they may be constrained by winter cold in their march northward out of South America. Eastern winters are much more brutal than ours.
My mother's old copy of The Joy of Cooking had a recipe for opossum.
They aren't aggressive, and do little damage, and are pretty much tolerated around here. They aren't bright and show up as road kill on the interstates, but they are resourceful. I know of one guy who had one for a pet; it used to ride around on his shoulder. They have adorable ears.
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Alfred Tennyson wrote:We are not now that strength which in old days
Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are;
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
The Topsides is supported by a massive concrete pedestal called the Gravity Base Structure (GBS) which was constructed in Bull Arm, Newfoundland & Labrador. The GBS, which sits on the ocean floor, is 111 metres high and has storage capacity for 1.3 million barrels of crude oil in its 85-metre-high caisson. The GBS is specially designed to withstand the impact of sea ice and icebergs to allow for year-round production
They are pretty much everywhere. I always like telling immigrants about the white marsupial with a rat tail and big teeth that only comes out at night, and they take it seriously. If someone told me that, I'd be like "Oh you are so full of shit, you can't fool me!" Many people have a strange fear of them as if they are dangerous, when really they are about as aggressive, fast, smart, and dangerous as a box turtle.Tanada wrote:My oldest brother used to trap them and sells the furs for spending money, a few years after he graduated one of my high school classmates took over his territory. That was in southern Michigan about 25 miles north of the Ohio state line on a creek that feeds into Lake Erie.
ennui2 wrote:pstarr wrote:ANTARTICA OIL, could buy us another decade...
Post by Bas » Fri Jul 08, 2005 wrote:
I haven't read anything on Antartica, but I believe drilling for oil is banned there. I don't think the region has been explored either but chances are there could be a gigafield out there. While in the current political climate, drilling on the continent is out of the question, this could change rapidly once we are in a big oilcrisis. Though still, environmental groups will heavily oppose drilling in the antartic, crisis or not. They will probably succeed in delaying any development for some time so I think we shouldn't expect antartic oil to hit the market before 2020.
Any thoughts, sources on this subject?
Yeah Bas, you were wrong. Those damn hippy environmentalists had nothing to do with it. It's just Mother Earth's oily teat going dry.
Do you really think Bas is going to read your reply to his message from 11 years ago?
Pstarr wrote:I think he's off gassing up at $<2.00 a gallon while you keep necroing peak oil doomer threads.
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