Pretty good until the end
This is a good balanced report for the most part. The only part I have issue with is an off handed comment at the end. "As we enter the twilight years of oil, our only serious option is to reduce our consumption." I'm not buying the "twilight" years speculation unless twilight lasts 100 years. I agree with the reader who commented that it makes economic sense to fire power plants with natural gas. Industry is going that way anyway because it is so inexpensive now, but it's a bit off topic because power plants rarely use oil now. Within 20 years we will be moving to process heat and some electrical production using "Low Energy Nuclear" technology from companies like Brillioun Energy and Defkallion. Hopefully, if government doesn't get in the way, we can start to replace our aging nulear reactors with LFTRs and produce fresh water, medical isotopes and start to consume our nuclear waste. I wouldn't be surprised if Helion Energy, General Fusion and others doing private research on fusion haven't made numerous breakthoughs and are on a path to viable fusion reactors. The future of energy will be fine if government doesn't surpress it. The amount of oil in the ground is the least of our concerns.
