What will happen when gas runs out?
Obviously, nothing good. Indeed, it would rapidly become untenable as gas becomes scarcer and more expensive. Even with aggressive efficiency measures, by the late 21st century this path would have played itself out. The fact that the nation with the world’s largest natural gas reserves doesn’t think that natural gas has a very bright future is a sign that we should be divesting from dependence on it. Let’s keep it in the ground. It is more precious than oil. Posted by: TheLastWord | Jul 30, 2008 9:43:11 PM I really don’t need to recount the number of reactors. The ideal size of the reactor is the smaller kind, since you have to apply both the heat produced and the electricity to oil sands production. In the study in question, because of limitations of heat delivery, a CANDU9, which would have triple the heat output of a CANDU3 (which I used) would only deliver a doubling of oil production. Increasing the size of the reactor does not increase the production in a linear fashion. A newer
