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Thinking Biblically about Earth Stewardship & the Conquest of Poverty in the Age of Climate Change
February 16, 2022For the Stewardship of Creation
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Jeff Green says
So these climate deniers are going to speak the truth on climate? Even though they are part of the staff of fossil fuel climate deniers?
David Green says
What a bizzare claim! “Climate deniers”? What does that mean? How can one deny the climate?
OTOH, if you are referring to those who are skeptical (all good science starts and ends with skepticism) of the media/climate-industrial complex panic, then of course. Models that don’t track actuals, based on a ‘forcing’ hypothesis that seems to be wrong? Reality that over the long term shows temperature is de-correlated with atmospheric CO2 concentration, models that failed to forecast pauses in temperature?
No. We need a steady hand that explains the vast benefit of the CO2 trace gas to plant growth; the benefit of the mild long run cyclical warming that we do see (cold kills more than warm), and that all actions are about trade-offs. There are always costs. The costs of the swing to unreliable generation throw people into energy poverty and deny the genuine poor the benefit of cheap reliable energy from coal and nuclear sources.
George Whitten Jr. says
Petroleum did not originate from fossils. If it did, how could an oil field that was drilled and pumped to depletion 40 years ago now be replenished with enough oil to make it worthwhile to re-open capped wells and resume production only 40 years later? That fuel does not come from a newer deposit of more fossils.
Donny Cooper says
Reservoirs are not pumped to depletion. Oil is recovered in phases, with the first phase coming from natural pressure, recovering only around 10% of the reservoir. After natural pressure has declined there are EOR (enhanced oil recovery) methods, such as water or gas injection to lift the oil to the wellhead. EOR helps recover from 30-60%, depending on many variables. The recovery percentage with EOR has increased over time with technological advancements and more advancements on the horizon. So you see, even in existing reservoirs there remains much oil, from 40-70% depending on the site. Different recovery methods simply need to make economic sense at the time they are deployed, but remain far more cost effective than solar, wind, and other intermittent energy sources. Oil is an energy dense primary source that has become economically producible, not to mention our ability to store it unlike other source that cannot be stored without expensive batteries that require rare earth minerals and large mining operations.