Topic: Is fossil fuels REALLY running out quickly, or do we still have time? (Read 513 times)

And I really agree with what you say, it seems to be true as you say from the electric vehicle promos which only talk about being environmentally friendly and they don't tell you about the source of electricity used by the vehicle which also comes from fossil fuels used by the engine. power plants and can only produce electricity that can be used for electric vehicles.

I think this is of course an agreement from the parties involved so that electric vehicles can be sold on the market and they still don't think about how to create an update so that one day when fossil fuels are reduced there will be something that can be used. to be able to produce a source of electricity.

A lot of power companies are still burning fossil fuels anyway to produce electricty, so while on paper, electric vehicles and everything may sound green, we are still burning fossil fuels to get the end result: power. It's true that fossil fuels are a limited resource that won't be replaced for millions years, but switching to something that still uses it en masse won't stop nor mitigate the problem.

This move by your government is clearly just favoring the huge electric companies, and they may even be on these companies' payroll to advocate heavily on the use of electric vehicles. I'm not against electric vehicles, but they also deplete natural resources at the same rate as they do with using ICE vehicles. Where do you think those huge batteries come from anyway?

At current production levels, even in Russia, oil reserves will last for 59 years, gas reserves for 103 years, said the head of the Russian Ministry of Natural Resources, Kozlov.
https://www.rbc.ru/business/11/05/2021/609971fe9a7947e065f63cd4

At the same time, there are few new explored deposits of them, but even those turn out to be quite small, sometimes for a few days of production. Therefore, the transition to alternative energy sources is the call of the time and does not depend on whether we want it or not.

maybe there are still some big oil fuel deposits left that we have yet to discover nobody knows, but the scientist expected that the oil will eventually run out at certain point which I think holds truth because we all know how long it takes for an oil deposit to be formed it takes millions of years if im not mistaken and that alone already such a problem if we always depends on the oil fuel itself.
that is exactly why car companies right now are trying out alternative fuel such as hydrogen as well as electric which we might know that huge chunk of electricity nowaday are actually generated from coal which actually is no different if compared with fossil fuel like oil since it takes time to form but with electricity at least we can slowly switch over to more renewable energy such as wind turbine and so on.
personally I think the steps that government is taking right now is exactly like your opinion to let the citizens change the way they get their energy little by little.

It is very clear that the government is directing our lives from using fossil energy to electrical energy, just imagine how much money the government could earn if all citizens really switched from fossil energy to electrical energy, a monopoly in the energy business is really happening. 
My neighbor a year ago bought a Wuling electric car and he honestly said he was very sorry, the costs he paid were much greater than using a fossil energy car, besides the electricity costs if using an electric stove are also very expensive, the government in this case should pay more attention to their citizens,  There are many people who find it difficult to earn money at the moment, even with government subsidies, it won't be enough to help with the explosion in spending costs that citizens will experience, it's not yet time for developing countries like Indonesia to turn to electrical energy (on a massive scale).

If anyone now continues to be significantly concerned about the decrease in the amount of oil, gas and coal as a traditional source of energy, then I think that with each new year there will be fewer and fewer such people. After all, because of this, our planet is warming up very quickly and soon such people will have completely different and more global problems with the climate and place of residence, and because life in the same place will be problematic.

Humanity already needs to think about completely banning the use of this fossil fuel as traditional forms of energy because this is a sure path to self-destruction. Oil, gas and coal can be used in other industries rather than just burning them, and the benefits from this will also be greater. The only question is whether reason and critical necessity will prevail in this case, or whether we will calmly continue to watch our civilization perish.

Based on my research, it seems like we're less likely to run out of fossil fuels and more likely to see a decline in demand. This is due to advancements in renewable energy technologies, which are becoming increasingly efficient. In the future, renewables might offer more advantages than fossil fuels, especially when considering their long-term environmental impact. While not gone completely, fossil fuels could become a backup energy source.

However, our current renewable energy technologies still have room for improvement and can be expensive.  Perhaps the government's push for electric vehicles is partly motivated by a desire to attract investors to this sector, hoping to drive innovation. To make a significant shift, the percentage of electric vehicle usage will need to increase substantially.

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• https://www.cnbcindonesia.com/news/20240215165624-4-514784/terungkap-ini-alasan-pemerintah-jor-joran-kasih-subsidi-mobil-listrik
• https://www.dw.com/en/are-we-running-out-of-oil/video-68509737

Everyone talks about oil, gas, coal... But alternatives can be found to replace them. But here's what everyone forgets... This is FRESH WATER. The same “fossil resource”, but with a really limited volume and an ever-growing demand for it. I think representatives of some countries can already say how much clean drinking water is in demand and how expensive it already is.
It is not without reason that China began the expansion of the southern regions of Russia and actually secured ownership of Lake Baikal. China is already pumping huge amounts of water from Lake Baikal. This problem for the world does not yet have good solutions, because... Desalination of water is an extremely complex and expensive process.

The use of oil, gas and coal as fuel over the past few centuries has led to the horrific consequences of climate change. While some are only wondering how difficult it will be to give up such fuel, we already have changes that in the future will definitely cause chaos, millions of deaths, an increase in the number of destructive natural disasters, tens and hundreds of millions of refugees.

  Thus, on March 11, many temperature records were set throughout Africa. Countries from Cameroon to Mauritius experienced unprecedented heat in March. Temperature records were broken in almost every country from north to south and from west to east.

Cameroon recorded a staggering 45.5°C - a new national record for the hottest day in March. The temperature in Ghana reached +43.8 °C, which also became a national record for March. In Niger, monthly records were broken at almost all monitoring stations: temperatures rose to +45 °C
  Burkina Faso also recorded monthly highs across the country.
Mali recorded its hottest day on record, with temperatures in Bougouni reaching +44°C, while Comoros also recorded its hottest day on record with a temperature of +36.1°C. Hundreds of records were also broken throughout South Africa, Namibia and Botswana.
https://vesti-ua.net/novosti/za-rubezhom/amp/246879-takogo-esche-ne-nablyudalos-zhara-v-afrike-pobila-vse-vozmozhnye-rekordy.html

It is no longer even clear whether we have passed the point of no return in terms of the fact that we will soon be recording territories where a person simply cannot exist without special protective suits. I wonder if suicidal people will then burn fossil fuels and continue to warm the planet?

Maybe fossil fuels are starting to run out. It is quite difficult to find new sources of fossil fuels. This creates a huge need for fossil fuels but limited stocks. This encourages these skilled people to find new sources, and electric vehicles are the solution. However, I am of the opinion that this will not change immediately, and it will change little by little. We also have to continue to adapt to today's very fast technological developments, otherwise we might have difficulties in the future.

The issue is more political knowing that they don't have much fossil fuel there compared to the ones in the middle east which is abundant. There are still regions that are not extracted yet and chances of oil being drilled in the South China Sea is possible.

There is no scarcity of these fossil fuels but if the WEF wants those countries in the Middle East to struggle economically, the one to target is the make fossil fuels bad like it affect climate change.

If we continue at our current rate it is estimated that we will run out of fossil fuels. If all the fossil fuels on Earth were to run out or it was impossible to extract the fossil fuels it is estimated that the oil reserves would run out. Realistically we can never run out of oil because given the depth of the Earth's core new wells will be discovered. That said it is very likely that such deep mining practices will become economically unviable.

I think what the officials say is true as it is, if you use too much fossil fuel, it will eventually run out. It is true that fossil fuels can be recovered from new fossils but it requires a process, so as long as we can save it is better to save it, it will be dangerous if really happened

Regardless of whether oil, gas and coal disappear in the coming decades, humanity in any case should urgently switch to other types of fuel, and use fossil fuels in other areas of human activity. What other evidence of their negative impact on the environment needs to be given if over the last century the temperature on our planet has already risen by three degrees, and this winter was the warmest in the entire history of observations. It will soon reach the point where people will move en masse from certain regions due to the impossibility of living there.
This should have been done at least a century ago, and now it’s too late to correct the situation. But for now there are still chances, albeit small.

If I'm not mistaken there is definitely some race against time that's happening when it comes to the depletion of fossil fuels and the current state of the environment. Cause for all I know we definitely have enough to go around at least for a couple hundred years, but at the same time the planet's on its way to irreversible damages at least in the next 30-50 years or so, and that's primarily what concerns a lot of people the most. The reason as well (although honestly it's not that reasonable) is the cost it's gonna take governments across the planet to switch into renewable energy harnessing is going ot be around the hundred trillions, but that's a one-time big-time change that would in turn change the whole energy economy landscape for the better, since it's been stated that the whole industry will save around a quadrillion dollars (don't quote me on this all of these numbers are based on an article I can half-remember from years ago) through harnessing renewable resources. It's all just a matter of stubbornness from the sectors that are most responsible for this that we're still not seeing some major changes.

I'm guessing we'll just have to wait it out until we either die from the pollution and global warming effects, or the changes facilitate themselves and we see the planet revitalize itself. Can't be bothering ourselves with these issues anymore as it's been in the talks for years now yet the people who are required to do something about it, isn't doing shit.

The bottom line is that both natural gas and oil are non-renewable energy sources that cannot be produced anew. And if we use more and more non-renewable energy at the current rate at which the human population has increased, then our future generations will be in danger very soon. And this is the main reason to encourage people to use renewable energy.  It is not a matter of how satisfied we are with the use of renewable energy. I believe that by using renewable energy we can secure the future of our new generations. So I think we should use renewable energy instead of non-renewable energy even if we have time.

The problem is, you don't know if fossil fuels will REALLY run out, let's say, for another 40 years. It's the same as global warming status -- whether it's fact or not, as I've read papers from both sides. I understand that the majority of people accept this fossil fuel scarcity/crisis as a fact, but the majority isn't always right. And when the government makes decisions/rules based on speculation, you can expect the people will unnecessarily suffer.

I think fossil fuels could be depleted and it really is running out as with the discovery of oil as an energy source, we’ve for decades, continuously searched and used up oil deposits for our numerous energy uses.
We’re using these resources a lot faster than they could be naturally replicated so it’s very possible it could be totally depleted someday. And as our energy uses continue to grow exponentially, that day could be sooner than originally anticipated.

I think there’s a genuine need to embrace renewable energy.  I know change could be difficult to accept but isn’t an energy source that could could be renewed much better than one that could be depleted? People would resist change and would invent several theories in a bid to push back on the change being proposed.

I also support that we should gradually switch to electric devices such as electric umbrellas and electric gas stoves because that will help us greatly reduce costs. My family is also one of those who have switched to using electric appliances instead of gasoline and gas and I find it helps us save some costs. But to say it is more environmentally friendly, we need more time to evaluate that. Electric cars are bringing convenience as well as significant fuel savings, but to say that they are more environmentally friendly is not entirely accurate. As far as I know, electric car batteries cannot be recycled and they are made from radioactive materials. Therefore, battery destruction is also an environmental pollution problem that has no effective solution.

This is all about business so we expect something like competition so for now we are in progress to transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy. Whether or not it is some kind of manipulation in this energy sector we really have no choice because it is what governments wanted us to use whatever reason they may have we are clueless about that. If we insist in using old technology and we are living in the future do we really think it is worth the time and effort we spend? We all know technological advancement is inevitable and things around us will become outdated or obsolete so why don't we adopt newer tech and products? For now we are still in a stage wherein we still have choices but in the future fossil fuels might not be an option for us. I might be wrong but who knows?