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Originally Posted by nikivee
So how many years will it take to replace fossil fuels? 5, 10, 20, 30 years? Until then we need to not only pursue those alternatives, but drill for our own oil also.
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But we already drill 'our own' oil - but is the oil 'ours?'
No.
If tommorrow they started turning all of Alaska into an oil patch - or put derricks outside of San Fransciso or Miami...well
It wouldn't make ANY difference in the price of oil!
Why? The world oil market is like a bathtub. When we drill the oil it goes into the bathtub
FOR ANYONE IN THE WORLD TO BUY.
So if we drill 'our' oil it's not like we get 100% of it. The additional supply doesn't just apply to the US - it's applied to the entire 'bathtub' of oil from the world.
This means the additional oil would make a very small dent in world supply - and therefore the price of oil would be pretty much unchanged.