On Apr 14, 9:03 pm, "Jay Honeck" wrote:
People need to get over the utopian idea that there's some vast
untapped oil resource out there, but we're somehow being prevented
from using it.

http://tinyurl.com/54rp3x

Whoops! Another utopian idea reinforced....

;-)

33 billion barrels. Enough to supply the world for a whole year.

Here are some helpful statistics on oil consumption:

http://www.eia.doe.gov/neic/quickfacts/quickoil.html

I think part of the problem here is people misunderstanding the
numbers. As I cited in an above post, the most optimistic projections
of known and potential reserves in North America would supply the U.S.
for 13 years. I don't know about you, but 13 years doesn't seem as
long to me as it used to. I'm trying to think a bit further into the
future, but unfortunately when it comes to this topic, people seem to
think in terms of their next trip to the pump.