Re: Housing starts a.k.a. land attrition

Matt W. Barrow wrote:
> "Dan Bloomquist" <public21@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> Matt W. Barrow wrote:
>>> "Dan Bloomquist" <public21@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>> Matt W. Barrow wrote:
>>>>> "Dan Bloomquist" <public21@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>>>> Matt W. Barrow wrote:
>>>>>>> "Dan Bloomquist" <public21@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>>>>>> Matt W. Barrow wrote:
>>>>>>>> You didn't answer the question.
>>>>>> So, you make a claim and refuse to back it up.
>>>>>>
>>>> You didn't answer the question.
>>> You guess so? As a matter of fact, I did...
>> No, you did not. I only see the claim:
>> "Right now, the US has AT LEAST 50 years of oil deposits available
fairly 
>> readily."
>>
>> So, you didn't answer the question.
>>
>> , I just wasn't about the be drawn
>>> into your guessing game.
>> I'm asking you to answer the question, 'Where will the oil come from?'
> 
> From the known reserves.

We have used more than half the known reserves in the world. That is why 
conventional production is peaking. New discoveries are now running 
about a sixth of demand.

>> You won't answer the question so I've been left to do the guessing.
>>
>>> Ask an INTELLIGENT and RELEVANT question and I'll answer it...
>> Where will the oil for the future come from? Where are these 50 years
of 
>> oil in the U.S.? Why are we producing at some 5 mb/d and consuming at
21 
>> mb/d if it is 'somewhere'?
>>
>> http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/dnav/pet/pet_crd_crpdn_adc_mbblpd_a.htm
> 
> Do you know what a "static" study is?
> 
> Do you know how much we CAN produce?

It seems we 'can' produce 5 mb/d and it is declining.

>> As you can see, oil production in the U.S. is in pretty severe decline.
> 
> Gee...I wonder why that is? Think the environuts (you and your buddies) 
> might have something to do with that?

That is an old lame argument. Off shore plus ANWR might get 2 mb/d in 
six or seven years. It is hardly the issue.

You really don't know much about oil, do you?....