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Just to put all these other 'discoveries' and 'yet to be discovered' into perspective, BP has anounced its bidding o develop deepwater oil projects off Greenland. Wood Mackenzie has said there is a possible 20 billion barrels of oil there. given we use 85 million barrels a day that equates to 12...

I hope you are right, otherwise it is going to get very ugly

A useful page for those wanting to get an idea of where we are: The Oil Drum | Is Peak Oil Real? A List of Countries Past Peak

Read that quote again! it was attributed to Sheikh of Dubai, a country which has squandered its oil wealth on a number of high-rise buildings and tourism and is already an overall net-importer of energy. Still your probably right, he'll be driving one of the many luxury cars dumped in Dubai...

Also why is it that OPEC countries reserves rates have either gone up or unchanged? It's because their reserves dictate how munch oil they can sell, so no point publishing a low amount! Also no one has a clue how much the Saudi's have..but we are reliant on a couple of giant fields that...

Anyone interested in oil should check out the Oil Drum website, there are a lot of very knowledgeable people on there. I personally don't buy into still having oil for 50 years (not at today's production rate anyway) or flying aeroplanes like we do. Anyone ever heard of Hubbert's Peak? While...

Goodevening flecc, And thank you for this extra information, the most realistic thing to do is probally to go with solar in combination with a gel battery or the like, as a closed system. And simply recharge the cycle by hooking it up. Regarding hydrogen, the swizzbee also has a hydrogen...

Hello Flecc nice to meet you! Thank you very much for this interesting information, that does sound a bit extreme! Luckily for me it is still just a fantasy, and I am still thinking if I should a) just add an e-hub to my recumbent or add one to the swizzbee ( I like the low profile version by...

Swizzbee owner stands up Hello Ian, Thank you for the welcome. The swizzbees are rare in Holland aswell, as there is a conflict between the dealer and Swizzbee and therefor the dealership ended. When I went for a pedelec I, at first, had my heart set on a Swiss Flyer, however this brand was...

Swizzbee owner stands up, this is secondsimon :) Hello ladies and gentlemen! Hope you are all doing well. I found this thread sometime ago, and I should post something here, as I happen to own a Swizzbee 50c. I bought mine as a (supposedly) 1 year old occassion from a private person and...