# 16 Oil Reflections

There was a lot to learn from “Squeezing More Oil from the Ground” and the Crude Awakening DVD.  It really opened my eyes on how much oil we are actually using.  I agreed more with Crude Awakening because we are eventually going to run out of oil.  We need to find an alternative, because once we run out, we won’t have anything else.  I think the oil companies lie on how much oil we really have.  The article made it seem like there is a lot of oil out there and we can get to it from using different methods.  They say we can continue to get oil by steam injection, heat based processes, and injecting high pressure gases.  We can also improve on our technologies to improve how we get oil.  They said that difficult oil now will be easy oil in the future.  We have to come to reality though, that we will run out of oil.  Other companies are growing, such as China, and they are expanding their need for energy.  Their imports are increasing my 25%.  We need to do something about it. Only about 1/100 of people actually realize what is happening.  I know we cannot just stop using oil.  We need to find alternatives, while still finding new ways to get oil. Because, once we are out, we are out. There was a quote from the DVD. “If we can put a man on the moon in a decade, then we can stop the use of fossil fuels”.  I agree with this. I feel that we have the ability, we just need to be more aware and try a little harder.