There is also the effect of increased prices on recovery cost
effectiveness. WHenever you hear of someone saying there is only 30
years worth of oil left, they mean that there is that much in reserves
available that are cost effective enough to recover at today's market
prices. Obviously there is plenty of oil that is too expensive to
recover right now, but as demand rises and prices inflate, those other
reserves become cost effective. This is one of the little lies that
environmentalists and conservationists tell to get support, because they
imply to the less intelligent people that there is ONLY 30 years worth
of oil at ANY price left. There is literally a HUGE supply of oil in
the ground, enough that it will be a few thousand years before we use it
all up at a minimum.
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