At the present rate of consumption, when will the oil supply of the EARTH be empty?

Question

At the present rate of consumption, when will the oil supply of the EARTH be empty?

Answer 1

probably not too long at this rate -_-

Answer 2

that is a scary thought....probably during our generation

Answer 3

My estimate: within our lifetimes.

Answer 4

100 years from present oil reserves but there are alot of undiscovered or untapped oil reserves.

Answer 5

My guess, and it is changing because of new users, is about 50 years.

We  will have enough oil to run some industrial machines, but oil as we know it will be a thing of the  past.

I see Electra-magnetic systems run on a robotic plan. There will no longer be high speed, acceleration vehicles, using more than its allotted ration of energy for the day. Plastics and robotics will be what we see in  the days ahead.

Synthetic materials will dominate the transportation and clothing industries of the future.

Computer chip implants in our bodies will control the robots and our home environment, even some aspects of our professions.

Answer 6

who knows?  Maybe 2morrow!

Answer 7

some people think that we are ok at the rate we are going for the next ten years but thats if we dont tap into any new sources

Answer 8

Oil is actually never gonna run out.  The problem is that the crude oil we can use will run out.

Answer 9

soon because no one cares about the future.

Answer 10

1000 years.  That is a fact.

Everyone thinks they know but just spews info they heard on a talk show or from a radio commentator.

We KNOW of enough oil on earth to last 1000 years at present consumption rates.  The problem is only 3% (as of 4 years ago) is economically recoverable.  With the rise in oil prices more will be economically recoverable - read profitably.

Oil shale, tar sands, etc are abundant as well as deep sea oil deposits - the problem is whether we have the technology to get to it or it's profitable.

If you use the 3% of economically recoverable that was the case 4 years ago....then the answer would be 30 years....but that doesn't include ALL of the oil on earth.

Answer 11

That is a question that is impossible to answer.  The total amount of oil that lies beneath the Earth's surface is unknown and only rough estimates exist.  For many years so called "experts" have been predicting the well to run dry, so to speak, at some specified time only to find that they vastly underestimated global oil reserves and the innovativeness of oil drillers which as supply fears mount gain ever-increasing incentive through rising prices to find and extract more oil.  Suffice it say that the fear of running out of oil is largely unfounded, especially considering that advanced energy technologies will have likely completely eliminated (or nearly eliminated) the demand for oil by the time that day draws near.

Answer 12

4 months 2, 2 days, and 21 hours

Answer 13

.SOOONNNNN lol. stop global warming. if yur fat walk. if yur skinny catch the bus.

Answer 14

ive heard 2025-2050....but the rate of cunsumption goes up each day-in china, there are 10,000 more cars on the road each day