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IDemo

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7. I'm going to guess that the author of this piece

Reply to MindMover (Original post)

Mon Jul 9, 2012, 01:26 PM

Jul 2012

believes the official Saudi Aramco oil reserve figure of 260 billion barrels, more or less unchanged since the early 90's and widely regarded as fictional by those who have performed in-depth analyses of the geology of the Ghawar field.

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We were wrong on peak oil. There's enough to fry us all [View all] MindMover Jul 2012 OP

Ice caps melting = new possibilities! "Let's Go!" NYC_SKP Jul 2012 #1

Energy sanity is desperately needed.... MindMover Jul 2012 #2

The willful ignorance of economists, politicians, and even scientists around this matter... NYC_SKP Jul 2012 #3

It's now cost effective to boil oil out of rocks! Let's go! yurbud Jul 2012 #12

Unless Ghawar starts to decline pscot Jul 2012 #4

Sanity econmagic Jul 2012 #5

There was never any question that there is enough to fry us all. bemildred Jul 2012 #6

I'm going to guess that the author of this piece IDemo Jul 2012 #7

There are a lot more than just one of those fields ... MindMover Jul 2012 #8

Just one of those fields? IDemo Jul 2012 #9

What part of peak oil was wrong? PO Pops Jul 2012 #10

Peak was always about the fields and the end of cheap oil. Sirveri Jul 2012 #11