In reference to the [Nov. 1] letter to the editor titled “Oil challenges.”
The letter writer makes a number of valid points regarding energy challenges confronting our nation’s gluttonous rate of fossil fuel consumption.
Furthermore, Olympic Climate Action’s proposal of holding banks accountable for funding filthy fossil fuel projects (olyclimate.org) is one viable option if practiced en masse.
There has been some progress made regarding the rate of oil consumption in the United States.
The U.S. consumes considerably less oil today than it did a decade ago, according to news reports — thanks to those liberal left-wing fuel-efficient standards implemented under the Obama administration that conservatives adamantly oppose.
However, the demon on the horizon is the unsustainable gluttonous annual rate of oil consumption in the world today.
That exceeds 35 billion barrels of oil annually, which is equivalent to completely devouring one supergiant oil field every year, according to the International Energy Agency.
There are not that many supergiant oil fields in the world, especially of the 35 billion-barrel magnitude.
The largest traditional onshore oil reserve ever discovered in North America is Prudhoe Bay at 25 billion barrels of oil, according to Wikipedia.
And the vast majority of recoverable oil in Prudhoe Bay has already been gluttonously consumed, according to British Petroleum.
Not to worry, though.
With a nod and a wink from Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, the former CEO of ExxonMobil, as a goodwill gesture to Donald Trump’s best boyfriend-forever Vladimir Putin, the United States may soon be addicted to Russian oil rather than Canadian oil as our nation’s top major oil import.
Rick Sindars,
Port Angeles