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The resource industry will experience a big change if this becomes reality. The oil industry will have to shift some of their focus on other non-automotive mark

The resource industry will experience a big change if this becomes reality. The oil industry will have to shift some of their focus on other non-automotive markets. The electrical energy suppliers will have to step up and take up the gap and reap the profits.

timthorn 9y ago
And/Or, there might be a big investment in hydrogen fuel cell tech. The incentive to keep a fuel business viable is significant, and from a public policy perspective there is benefit in being able to recharge cars at the same speed as with petrol as well as the ability to manage electricity demand in the fuel manufacture process.
mseidl 9y ago
The oil companies have put themselves in this position too with their denial of global warming. They could have invested in alternative energy and lead the change with their vast financial resources.
rtpg 9y ago
legit Q: is there a place in the world where we could go and basically burn as much oil as we want? A place where the effects of greenhouse gases wouldn't be much of an issue? Or would it just spread everywhere?
- dp-tyvek 9y ago
  The moon Any gas released into Earth's atmosphere would diffuse quite quickly.
  - yitchelle 9y ago
    You mean the Moon's atmosphere, right?
    - dp-tyvek 9y ago
      The moon has ~no atmosphere, so any gas released there would diffuse into space. What I was trying to say is, because any gas will diffuse from an area of high concentration to one with a lower concentration, there is no place in Earth's atmosphere one can release gas without it diffusing throughout it. The best you can do is slow the process down.
  - rtpg 9y ago
    hmm don't think the moon is on Earth but I like the idea. Might be tricky getting the oil to there though
- abainbridge 9y ago
  The generated CO2 would have to not blow away to the rest of the planet. The sun shines on the ground in a wide band of the spectrum and heats it up. The hot ground re-radiates mainly in the infrared. The result is equilibrium. CO2 reflects infrared more than the broad spectrum of solar radiation. Thus the ground with CO2 above it still gets heated as much by the sun but the infrared it radiates is partly now reflected back on itself. Thus the equilibrium is altered and the ground gets hotter. So, even if the CO2 didn't spread everywhere, it would still be causing heating locally. The heat would eventually spread everywhere.

timthorn 9y ago

And/Or, there might be a big investment in hydrogen fuel cell tech. The incentive to keep a fuel business viable is significant, and from a public policy perspective there is benefit in being able to recharge cars at the same speed as with petrol as well as the ability to manage electricity demand in the fuel manufacture process.

mseidl 9y ago

The oil companies have put themselves in this position too with their denial of global warming. They could have invested in alternative energy and lead the change with their vast financial resources.

rtpg 9y ago

legit Q: is there a place in the world where we could go and basically burn as much oil as we want? A place where the effects of greenhouse gases wouldn't be much of an issue? Or would it just spread everywhere?

dp-tyvek 9y ago
The moon Any gas released into Earth's atmosphere would diffuse quite quickly.
- yitchelle 9y ago
  You mean the Moon's atmosphere, right?
  - dp-tyvek 9y ago
    The moon has ~no atmosphere, so any gas released there would diffuse into space. What I was trying to say is, because any gas will diffuse from an area of high concentration to one with a lower concentration, there is no place in Earth's atmosphere one can release gas without it diffusing throughout it. The best you can do is slow the process down.
- rtpg 9y ago
  hmm don't think the moon is on Earth but I like the idea. Might be tricky getting the oil to there though
abainbridge 9y ago
The generated CO2 would have to not blow away to the rest of the planet. The sun shines on the ground in a wide band of the spectrum and heats it up. The hot ground re-radiates mainly in the infrared. The result is equilibrium. CO2 reflects infrared more than the broad spectrum of solar radiation. Thus the ground with CO2 above it still gets heated as much by the sun but the infrared it radiates is partly now reflected back on itself. Thus the equilibrium is altered and the ground gets hotter. So, even if the CO2 didn't spread everywhere, it would still be causing heating locally. The heat would eventually spread everywhere.