U.S. is now the world’s biggest oil and gas producer

Re:U.S. is now the world’s biggest oil and gas producer by seiji on Monday October 07, 2013 @09:21AM (#6508017)

The problem isn't running out of oil. The problem is increased production incentivizing increased usage which drives us over the edge of an irreversible climate catastrofuck.

All the oil is getting extracted out of the ground and (at utilization time) getting pumped into the air. It's the exact opposite of what we need to be doing now.

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Re:U.S. is now the world’s biggest oil and gas producer by triplesec on Monday October 07, 2013 @07:19PM (#6511999)

Agreed. slower use f these things and encouraging alternative energies earlier (while understanding population control) would have kept this less of a clusterfkc. However, humans != long-term political planning.

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Re:U.S. is now the world’s biggest oil and gas producer by throwaway9848 on Monday October 07, 2013 @09:24AM (#6508036)

They are both problems...

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Re:U.S. is now the world’s biggest oil and gas producer by hrjet on Monday October 07, 2013 @09:34AM (#6508092)

Exactly. I would have loved to see an overlay of consumption over production in the article.

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