石油可能是可再生資源,以及其他你不知道的事情

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本文發表於《大眾科學》的前部落格網路,反映了作者的觀點,不一定代表《大眾科學》的觀點


或者,“感謝上帝,還有北卡羅來納州。”

是的。我們有一位新州長, 這意味著會有新的各部門秘書。認識一下約翰·斯克瓦拉,新任環境與自然資源部(DENR,對北卡羅來納州人來說)秘書。言歸正傳,這是你的核心思想:也許石油是一種可再生資源。他指的不是等待4500萬年我們才能獲得更多的那種意義。

斯克瓦拉說:“例如,俄羅斯人一直以來都像對待可再生資源一樣開採石油,到目前為止,他們還沒有被證明是錯的。”


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“關於這一點,有很多不同的科學觀點。”

是的。有大量的科學家在那裡琢磨,也許石油就像芭比娃娃過去喝水的那種魔術杯子,你傾斜它們,裡面的東西就消失了,然後當你放下它們時,它又神奇地重新注滿了。大量的科學家。

除了,哎呀,實際上不是。有一個瘋狂的理論認為原油來自浮游植物,另一個理論認為它只是從地幔中慢慢滲出(這是一個對該概念的非常簡單的駁斥),但你必須非常努力才能找到主流科學界中有人相信它。這是《獨立週刊》的莉薩·索格對該理論的非常好的總結和揭穿

綜上所述,值得注意的是,斯克瓦拉認為氣候科學尚未解決,這幾乎是反高潮:“我已經每天研究這個問題10年了,對此存在很大的意見分歧。我還沒有準備好說哪個是對的或錯的。” 從未預料到會這樣,是吧。

我們仍在等待他對海平面上升的看法。

* 是的——編輯標題將“天然”改為“可再生”。 哦,編輯的時代啊,可以把作者從他們自己手中拯救出來。 謝謝,@Robinlloyd99!

Scott Huler was born in 1959 in Cleveland and raised in that city's eastern suburbs. He graduated from Washington University in 1981; he was made a member of Phi Beta Kappa because of the breadth of his studies, and that breadth has been a signature of his writing work. He has written on everything from the death penalty to bikini waxing, from NASCAR racing to the stealth bomber, for such newspapers as the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Philadelphia Inquirer, and the Los Angeles Times and such magazines as ESPN, Backpacker, and Fortune. His award-winning radio work has been heard on "All Things Considered" and "Day to Day" on National Public Radio and on "Marketplace" and "Splendid Table" on American Public Media. He has been a staff writer for the Philadelphia Daily News and the Raleigh News & Observer and a staff reporter and producer for Nashville Public Radio. He was the founding and managing editor of the Nashville City Paper. He has taught at such colleges as Berry College and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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