Hank: we will never run out of oil, only of easy oil (2010)
prediction · status: unresolved · last event: predicted (2010-09-03) · owner: Hank
After another oil rig explosion in September 2010, Hank made the 'somewhat preposterous' claim that humanity will never run out of oil, only of easy oil. No later video revisits the claim.
About: petroleum
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010-09-03 | predicted | Hank makes the 'somewhat preposterous' claim that humanity will never run out of oil, only of easy oil. | ANOTHER Oil Rig Explosion?! REALLY?! 00:00:58 |
What is said about it
3 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2010-09-03 · ANOTHER Oil Rig Explosion?! REALLY?! — Hank says that if there were suddenly no oil anywhere, we would all die: no economy, power, water, transportation or food. — 00:00:29
- 2010-09-03 · ANOTHER Oil Rig Explosion?! REALLY?! — Hank claims we will never run out of oil: oil is not equally accessible, and while the easy oil has been burned, the hard oil only gets harder to reach. — 00:00:58
- 2010-09-03 · ANOTHER Oil Rig Explosion?! REALLY?! — Hank: To get at the hard oil, Hank says, you need new technologies, more money, or more risk-taking. — 00:01:27