Is there lots of gas in this world to last us all 100 year and on???

Question

jsut wanting to no cause i dont want to run out of gas in my life time! cause other fuels are gonig to be alot more money!!! and gas is still gonig up?

Answer 1

no and especially not at our current rate of use

Answer 2

Yes, I actually just saw this on the news a few days ago. New sources have been discovered in the US and we should be just fine.  =)

I think this should bring gas prices down in the coming years but not anytime soon. Once we are ready to use our own petroleum gas prices will decrease.

Unfortunately, the car was a really great invention but also is causing the collapse of our planet. More people should purchase electric cars. I will be buying a electric car this year maybe a Honda Hybrid. It's my way of contributing to helping conserve our atmosphere (which is slowly diminishing due to the heavy pollution.... In Los Angeles there was discovered a small hole in the ozone, this is because of the factories and the pollution caused by these factories in that area. Buying a hybrid car should eliminate our need for fuel as well, lower our costs (since gas is so expensive) and also will help the environment.

Go Green !  =)

If we all contributed by conserving (water and buying a electric car, etc...), humanity would live much longer. I am sure we all want to give a healthy earth to the next generations of humans.  =)

Answer 3

I think it is possible to predict how many years continuous production of fixed amount of crude oil production of each of the OPEC, including Russia and Latin and South America oil production countries as in the following article.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_reserve...

It depends on the amount of gas to be used by all drivers all over this world. Due to change of technology and environmental protection against the "Global Warning", many scientists are seeking alternative fuels and car engines to reduce the consumption of gas. It is proved the hydrogen combustion engine is undergoing a successful drive test in Europe.

I think the gas price will be going up even further because of the greed of the stock market and the governments don't want or can't control the stock shares transaction. The only one way to keep the gas price down is to destroy the real estate and stock market gradually and completely. Hong Kong and Malaysia,including US and all European countries are being affected the most. Are you going to sign a petition to Bush for demanding the destroy of real estate and stock market transactions?

Answer 4

i got a moped 100 mpg

Answer 5

There's a 500 year supply of oil.  And my ten year old car is going to have to last, I'm in no financial shape to run out and buy a $30,000 car just because it's better for the environment.  

We still need oil for other materials such as plastics and lubricants.  But don't let the global warming scares influence you.  This is just a tactic to keep the masses busy while our freedoms are taxed and taken away.

Answer 6

Environment is the surround where we live:

All of living humans & animal ; inhale oxygen & exhale carban dioxide.

For the earth’s environment plant inhale carban dioxide  & exhale oxygen.

For Eco. Balance oxygen = carban dioxide

but by burning the energy resources to Generate the Power, release  the excess carban dioxide , which is causing the green house effect – due to this Global warming is taking place.

Energy resources are mainly – Conventional  & Non conventional

Conventional such as – Coal , Fossil fuel ( Diesel, Petrol, LPG,CNG, etc.) & Nuclear etc.

Non conventional -  Solar, Wind, Hydro & Bio diesel etc.

These are mainly for used generating power, using Thermal/Gas/ Nuclear Power Plants. Which is turn used for Domestic use, Industrial & Commercial purposes such as running Factories & Transportation, running Agricultural Infrastructures etc.  Obliviously with Industrial revolution energy requirement is tremendously increasing. However it leads to releasing of harmful gases and solid waste such as fly ash etc. which is causing Green house effect & Nuclear plant has risk of harmful radiations which is dangers to human life & animal kingdom.

Diesel, Petrol, ATF & Gas is being used in big way for IC& Jet engines which in turn used for transportation (LMV, LCV, HCV etc.) and Generators etc. Which in turn leading to Global warming, melting of polar ice & climate change etc.

We are still running plants based on old technologies, warn out & completed it’s full life may be 40 – 50 years old or more. In India we have seen the fiasco such as Enron Power, a new plant but due to red- tapism  couldn’t  be operated as per initial agreement & many more cases. ,  

Use of Freon in Air conditioners is also causing to damage to environment. By developing the alternative to Freon & curbing the use of it.

Where new alternatives are under Research & development such as Bio diesel using Jetropha seeds (Ratan Jot)etc. so can we plant the Jetropha, this can give us Alternative Fuel for future and stopping the deforestation? and Non conventional sources are still not economical compared to conventional ones except hydro in some cases.

so keeping  watch of electricity consumed, Airconditioners and  SUV's & no. of Vehicles used by us...

As a social cause it’s the duty of all citizen, Govt. & Industry to conserve the energy recourse, by not exploiting them and Make our planet Greener & safer for all.

• The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) headed by the Nobel laureate R.K. Pachauri. some of this contributions as reported by various news agenies;

Saving Planet Earth

Pachauri, R K, 2 June 2008

The Times of India, Education Times

Climate change and the threat that it poses to human existence is a major concern today. Even the youth have an important role to play to save planet earth

There are many lessons in human history which provide adequate warning about the chaos and destruction that could take place if we remain guilty of myopic indifference to the progressive erosion and decline of nature's resources. Much has been written, for instance, about the Maya civilization, which flourished during 250-950 AD, but collapsed largely as a result of serious and prolonged drought. Even earlier, some 4,000 years ago a number of well-known Bronze Age cultures also crumbled extending from the Mediterranean to the Indus Valley, including the civilizations, which had blossomed in Mesopotamia. More recent examples of societies that collapsed or faced chaos on account of depletion or degradation of natural resources include the Khmer Empire in South East Asia, Eastern Island, and several others. Changes in climate have historically determined periods of peace as well as conflict. </P< span>

Atoms for peace

Pachauri, R K, 19 June 2008

The Indian Express

Democracy in India has taken firm roots, and earlier misgivings about coalition governments at the Centre have proved largely unjustified, as recent experience has shown. However, in one respect, Indian democracy, with and without coalition politics, has not served the interests of Indian society adequately. In mature democracies, even when there are deep divisions on crucial issues of national interest, opposing parties drop their differences to coalesce around what is perceived as common national interest. One wonders when Indian politics would reach such a stage of maturity.

Greenhouse gases: the developed world

Pachauri, R K, 14 March 2008

Time

Most references to the role of China and India in global mitigation of emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) are generally simplistic. The typical argument put forward highlights the fact that these countries would continue increasing their emissions substantially, and, therefore, any efforts at reduction in the developed world would be more than neutralized by increases in the former. The reality is in fact much more complex. It is important to remember that the problem of human induced climate change has been caused by the cumulative emissions of GHGs with concentration levels at 280 parts per million of CO2 in pre-industrial times growing to around 380 parts per million currently. This increase is largely the result of substantial increase in use of fossil fuels in the industrialized world. For this reason, the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) included the principle of "common but differentiated responsibility", requiring the developed countries to take the first steps in mitigating emissions of GHGs. However, the record of the developed world has been less than satisfactory in this regard.

National debt vs natural debt

Pachauri, R K, 24 February 2008

The Times of India

The Annual Budget is, undoubtedly, an important exercise in charting out the direction of government revenues and expenditures, but it also meets a much larger objective in signalling priorities for growth and development. Based on an assessment of long term trends the Budget must clearly indicate structural changes that could be brought about through a mix of fiscal measures.

Will the Rs 1 lakh car be an environmental nightmare

Pachauri, R K, 26 December 2007

Business Standard

The recently concluded Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change came up with a final declaration that highlighted the need for "deep cuts" in emissions of greenhouse gases to combat the problem of global climate change. The tone and content of the Bali Conference represented a perceptible departure from previous such meetings, in view of the major impacts of climate change assessed in great detail in the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (lPCC).

Essentially, the problem of climate change, which is the result of cumulative emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) since the beginning of industrialisation, represents only a part of the-much larger problem of unsustainable development. While the world has achieved remarkable success through innovation in providing the means for satisfying the needs of the human race, there are also several distortions which have taken place and grown as a result.

Caring for an angry earth

Pachauri, R K, 30 August 2007

DNA

The answers to the perils of climate change will come from intellectual innovation.

The environmental problems facing the world and the depletion of natural resources in different regions of the planet require solutions with a strong intellectual content. A good example of this is the fact that it took the world at least a century-and-a-half to realise the effects of emissions of greenhouse gases, most notably carbon dioxide, and to accept its influence on climate.

This delay was in spite of the fact that scientists as far back as the end of the 19th century highlighted the danger of increasing emissions of carbon dioxide on the earth's climate. The reason for this enormous delay lies in a lack of scientific analysis of the problem as well as gaps that existed earlier in the dissemination of information of a scientific nature.

Caring for an angry earth

Pachauri, R K, 30 August 2007

DNA

The answers to the perils of climate change will come from intellectual innovation.

The environmental problems facing the world and the depletion of natural resources in different regions of the planet require solutions with a strong intellectual content. A good example of this is the fact that it took the world at least a century-and-a-half to realise the effects of emissions of greenhouse gases, most notably carbon dioxide, and to accept its influence on climate.

This delay was in spite of the fact that scientists as far back as the end of the 19th century highlighted the danger of increasing emissions of carbon dioxide on the earth's climate. The reason for this enormous delay lies in a lack of scientific analysis of the problem as well as gaps that existed earlier in the dissemination of information of a scientific nature.

Future power

Pachauri, R K, 9 June 2007

The Indian Express

The search for clean fuels is taking the political centre-stage. Recently, the Indian government announced that 2020 would be the target year to have 1 million carbon-free hydrogen vehicles on the road. So is hydrogen the favoured green technology of the future? Do we have a plan for producing hydrogen from renewable sources in cost effective ways? Or is this all a shot in the dark? R.K. Pachauri, director-general TERI, and chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, has the answers

Future shocks

Pachauri, R K, 7 January 2007

Business World

Living in this world would get much more difficult if climate change continued unmitigated in the future. Already, average Arctic temperatures increased at almost twice the global average rate in the past 100years. Contraction of snow covered area, increases in the depth of thaw over most permafrost regions  

Answer 7

Wow, you want to use gasoline your whole life?  

That's funny because if you lived 80 years ago, you'd be saying the very same thing about COAL.  Coal was everywhere, it heated most houses and businesses.  

Know any 80 year olds that miss coal?  *laugh* probably not. We stopped using it because something new came along that was BETTER.

Are you saying you don't want the better thing?  You'd rather stick with gas?  Okay, enjoy.

As far as "more expensive", consider this.  Charging an electric car costs about 2 cents a mile.  How far can you go on 2 cents of gasoline?

Answer 8

Yes, we have used less than 90% of the known oil reserves and it is estimated that we have found less than 5% of the oil in the world.

By the way, there is no such thing as a "solar car."  There is an electric car, but the vast majority of our electricity is still generated by burning fossel fuels like coal and oil.

Studies show that the greenest car for over 95% of us is the car we are dirving. There is a HUGH carbon output in making a new car!

Answer 9

Well, yes and no.

Yes, there are some types of "oil" that we don't currently use, but otherwise not so much.

The "new" oil everyone is going to talk about is "tar sands" which exist in various parts of the Canadian and US western states, however, these resources are VERY expensive to produce (costing about 140,dollars a barrel or about 4-6 bucks a gallon to produce to gasoline).

What is probably important to understand is that the people of the United States have been horribly educated by their political leadership, the level of misinformation and ideological garbage that is put forth as useful is sheerly staggering, and totally avoids one simple fact.

We're REALLY far up the creek, but not without a paddle.

We just need good quality information, and we fortunately have the mechanism of the voting box, to unleash a little justice on those representatives whom either lie or distort the facts or whom refuse to make hard decisions.

Our nation has three serious problems in hand in the next 10 years.

1. Our debt is totally out of control, this is arguably more serious than oil, because without the ability to finance our ambitions, we can do all the wishing we want, so getting our government to spend within the hard limits of revenue is absolutely critical.

2. Oil, spending money on oil refineries in the Alaskan outback or offshore is both the most expensive, and least productive use of our dollars, far more effective would be the R&D money going into super hybrid batteries that can recharge in 10-15 minutes, and run for 300 miles.

It's not so much that oil will disappear, it will simply become too expensive for people to use, for many people it already is.

How we choose to structure our economy to work in a world where oil costs 6 or 8 dollars a gallon - permanently - is a real national challenge that has alot less to do with how to we continue to do business as usual and how do we choose to adapt ourselves to that reality.

If we do it wrong, it's all bad, if we do it right, we will have localized energy production (solar,geothermal, clean-coal and nuclear) and people living in much more concentrated living conditions, connected into towns, rather than sprawling suburbs, all connected by light rail systems rather than highways.

So in effect the US will look alot more like it did 60 or 80 years ago, where cars existed but they were not as common as they are today.