Trend Opinion
Fossil fuels will last for hundreds of years and we don’t need to worry about it.
Facts
It is a fact that the use of fossil fuels has risen steeply in the last 150 years. If we look at the consumption on various timelines and time dimensions (see diagram) then it is clear that we are letting off an enormous global firework show in the equivalent of one second of the earth’s history. Regenerative energy is unavoidable sooner or later.
Fossil fuels will last for hundreds of years and we don’t need to worry about it.
Facts
It is a fact that the use of fossil fuels has risen steeply in the last 150 years. If we look at the consumption on various timelines and time dimensions (see diagram) then it is clear that we are letting off an enormous global firework show in the equivalent of one second of the earth’s history. Regenerative energy is unavoidable sooner or later.
Trend Opinion
There is still enough oil there, you can see it. According to predictions from the last century the oil should have been used up long ago.
Facts
Fact: With about 4.38 billion tonnes (t), global crude oil production is stagnating in 2016 at the previous year's level (2015: 4.36 billion tonnes) Individual oil fields such as those in the North Sea have, however, long since exceeded their production maximums, unnoticed by the public. It is rather rare to discover large new oil fields. It is necessary to bore to increasing depths to find oil. Newly discovered oil fields are often small and cannot replace the fields that have already been pumped empty.
There is still enough oil there, you can see it. According to predictions from the last century the oil should have been used up long ago.
Facts
Fact: With about 4.38 billion tonnes (t), global crude oil production is stagnating in 2016 at the previous year's level (2015: 4.36 billion tonnes) Individual oil fields such as those in the North Sea have, however, long since exceeded their production maximums, unnoticed by the public. It is rather rare to discover large new oil fields. It is necessary to bore to increasing depths to find oil. Newly discovered oil fields are often small and cannot replace the fields that have already been pumped empty.
