Talk:Future Work for NASA
This is not an official NASA document
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This is not an official NASA document
That said, the author would much appreciate any feedback you might have.
--Jriley 17:51, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
Test in Progress
We are currently testing one of the major concepts in this article, Hubbert's Peak. We are running the test world wide but the results are particular acute in the USA. And, there is no reset; we will have to live with the result..
If the scenario presented here is correct, then the world oil market recently toggled over from a buyer's market to a seller's market. The supply is limited. Demand is high. The price will therefor rise until it hurts so bad that demand drops to match supply.
Efforts to stop this rise will be useless. The politicos will try all sorts of short-term measures, such as tax holidays, investigative hearings, and perhaps even opening drilling farther on the north slope. None of these will have more than a momentary effect.
The only action that could possibly work in the short-term is a massive conservation program which would be very hard on many parts of the American economy.
In the long-term we must rebuild the entire American energy infrastructure. This we can do, but it will take time and a lot of effort.
So watch the price of gasoline. If nothing can stop its rise until the American public is hurting real bad, then this paper becomes a lot more believable.
--Jriley 13:05, 26 May 2008 (UTC)
