From: Glenn Morton (glenn.morton@btinternet.com)
Date: Tue Sep 10 2002 - 23:30:23 EDT
Walter Hicks wrote onTuesday, September 10, 2002 3:00 AM
>The number of barrels per person is the ratio of two numbers. May
>I suggest that
>the problem is too many people rather than too few barrels of oil.
>
First, are you going to go tell everyone else to cease having sex? Can I
sell tickets to that event? :-)
The number of people are a reason we are using the energy up as fast as we
are. While I agree with you that more people will use it up more quickly,
who do you think should depart this world, the Third World people who don't
use much or the Americans who do?
glenn
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>-----Original Message-----
>From:
>To: Glenn Morton
>Cc: Rich Blinne; asa@calvin.edu
>Subject: Re: Fusion Reactors
>
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>Glenn Morton wrote:
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>>
>>
>> I would agree that if there is only a 20-30 year gap between peak oil
>> production and the onset of fusion, we might be able to muddle
>through. But
>> it can't be much more than that. Using historical and projected oil
>> production and population we could see the following amount of oil per
>> person per year:
>>
>> Year Barrels Population billions
>> 1950 3.5 2.5
>> 1960 3.8 3.1
>> 1970 4.73 3.7
>> 1980 5.15 4.4
>> 1990 4.47 5.3
>> 2000 4.47 6
>> 2010 3.98 6.8
>> 2020 3.17 7.5
>> 2030 2.82 8.1
>> 2040 2.02 8.6
>> 2050 0.84 9.1
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>> By 2020 we will be poorer in energy than we were in 1950.
>Walt
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>Walt Hicks <wallyshoes@mindspring.com>
>
>In any consistent theory, there must
>exist true but not provable statements.
>(Godel's Theorem)
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>You can only find the truth with logic
>If you have already found the truth
>without it. (G.K. Chesterton)
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