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Neo:
Here are the figures:
Reserves (10^12 m^3) at end of
year:
5.4 (1980)
4.71 (1990)
4.74 (2000)
Consumption (10^11 m^3) at end of
year:
5.4 (1980)
6.2 (1990)
6.5 (2000)
Production (10^11 m^3) at end of
year:
5.1 (1980)
5.4 (1990)
5.6 (2000)
So reserves and production have been held constant
while consumption and imports increased. Given the fact that reserves are
not infinite, this does not sound like a sensible way to go, i.e., use the other
guys reserves before your own. But also, don't forget that there is a huge
reserve of gas locked up in the form of coal. Actually, probably a good
way to use the large reserves of low caloric value coal.
As for shipping, natural gas can be shipped like oil
and, in fact, is shipped all over the world in liquefied form. The U.S.
currently obtains about 5% of its requirements in this
manner.
Solar, wind, geothermal, ocean tides, etc. are
certainly other alternatives. But there is no free lunch there
either. For example, how much space are we willing to turn over to solar
panel farms, which are not the prettiest things around? Or to windmill
farms? (Wisconsin did a study and the acreage required to replace a fossil
or nuclear power plant is significant.) How much of our land are we
willing to devote to such usage? Where will such farms go? How cost
competitive does alternative energy have to be? Etc., etc. Certainly
valid questions for governmental studies, but to the best of my knowledge no
answers at the present time. Then again we have gone for many, many years
without an energy strategy or governmental leadership so the absence of answers
is not surprising.
Bill
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black">From:
neo
To: <A title=metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
href="mailto:metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx";>metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2001 4:47
PM
Subject: RE: Stand proud, America!
AlI did not mean short term. I was talking about years
not months. The US isrunning out of fossil fuels. I believe the US
receives about 30% of it'snatural gas from Canada. Natural gas cannot be
shipped like oil (where theUS cannot meet it's own needs and is dependent
on OPEC). The US must moveaway from fossil fuels and towards nuclear,
solar, and wind. The otherconsideration of course is the carbon dioxide
produced.If you have the forecasts on the abundance of natural gas
that the US hasfor many years ahead I would like to see it.The US
runs on energy and cannot afford to be so dependent on
OPEC.neop.s. I agree that more spies are needed out in the
field~ -----Original Message-----~ From: <A
href="mailto:owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx";>owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx~
[mailto:owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Al Taglavore~
Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2001 1:03 PM~ To: <A
href="mailto:metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx";>metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx~
Subject: Re: Stand proud, America!~~~ neo> "...The US is
almost out of natural gas.....~~ This is totally
incorrect. The demand has increased for this~ clean
burning~ fuel, and the exploration and production has increased to
meet demand.~ Check the futures markets, check the annual reports
for natural gas~ companies as to their increase of supply (this can
be done by reading the~ reports from the companies
websites).~ ----------~ > From: neo <<A
href="mailto:neo1@xxxxxxxxx";>neo1@xxxxxxxxx>~ > To: <A
href="mailto:metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx";>metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx~
> Subject: RE: Stand proud, America!~ > Date: Thursday,
September 13, 2001 6:57 AM~ >~ > John~
>~ > I agree totally. France generates 80% of it's electricity
from nuclear~ > power. The US is almost out of natural gas. We
should move to nuclear~ power.~ > This is one of the
biggest national defense issues the US has.~ >~ >
neo~ >~ >~ > ~ -----Original
Message-----~ > ~ From: <A
href="mailto:owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx";>owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx~
> ~ [mailto:owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of John
Adair~ > ~ Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2001 10:13
PM~ > ~ To: <A
href="mailto:metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx";>metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx~
> ~ Subject: RE: Stand proud, America!~ > ~~
> ~~ > ~ Terrorism will persist as long as we finance it
with our~ > ~ purchase of oil. We~ > ~
Must start a massive project to become independent of the~ Middle
East~ oil~ > ~ producers. We must
develop alternative energy sources. Osama~ > ~ will
return~ > ~ to finish the job he started. Eliminate The USA
and Israel.~ > ~~ > ~ -----Original
Message-----~ > ~ From: <A
href="mailto:owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx";>owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx~
> ~ [mailto:owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On~ > ~
Behalf Of neo~ > ~ Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2001 7:29
PM~ > ~ To: <A
href="mailto:metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx";>metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx~
> ~ Subject: RE: Stand proud, America!~ > ~~
> ~ Glen~ > ~~ > ~ I do not think she
was talking about Canada. Canada and the US are~ very~
> ~ close. It is many of the other countries.~ >
~~ > ~ Look at Palestine. The US has done everything it
could do~ to get them~ a~ > ~ county
back and they were dancing in the streets when this~ > ~
happened. The US~ > ~ went to liberate Kuwait and yet in
Saudi Arabia people were~ > ~ dancing in the~
> ~ streets. The US is in a recession and OPEC just keeps their
oil~ > ~ prices high~ > ~ which
strangles the US economy.~ > ~~ > ~
neo~ > ~~ > ~~ > ~ ~
-----Original Message-----~ > ~ ~ From: <A
href="mailto:owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx";>owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx~
> ~ ~ [mailto:owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Glen
Wallace~ > ~ ~ Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2001
7:11 PM~ > ~ ~ To: MetaStock listserver~
> ~ ~ Subject: Re: Stand proud, America!~ >
~ ~~ > ~ ~~ > ~ ~ > I can
name you 5000 times when the Americans raced to the help~ >
~ ~ of the other~ > ~ ~ > people in
trouble. Can you name me even one time when~ >
~ ~ someone else raced~ > ~ ~ > to the
Americans in trouble? I don't think there was outside~ >
~ ~ help even~ > ~ ~ > during the San
Francisco earthquake.~ > ~ ~~ > ~
~ For shame. Canada continually and consistently aids
its~ > ~ ~ neighbour, and vice~ >
~ ~ versa. Canada has sent medical personnel to New York
yesterday~ > ~ ~ and today,~ > ~
~ and blood collection services even here in the west are~
> ~ ~ overwhelmed. If I set~ > ~
~ my mind to it, I'm sure I could name 5,000 times when Canada
did~ help.~ > ~ ~ Here's a few
-- the forest fires in north western U.S. this~ > ~
~ summer, the Exxon~ > ~ ~ Valdez clean-up, the
U.S. Embassy in Tehran, the ice storms in~ > ~ ~
north eastern~ > ~ ~ U.S. (and Canada) in 1998.
I don't want to hear any more of~ > ~ ~ this crap;
take~ > ~ ~ it off-list.~ > ~
~~ > ~ ~~ > ~~ >
~~
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