Peak Oil

At what price do you think the oil barrel will be on July 1st 2009


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Urwumpe

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If I remember my vocal school (Has nothing to do with singing) years correctly, the ideal capacity is roughly 85% of theoretical maximum, and is based on experience and failure rates of the production lines. In most factories, short shutdowns of the lines because of problems or low demand is to be avoided.

A furnace for example has to run for 10 years - any kind of failure means the furnace has to be reset.

I think the problems are the same for the hot distillation towers of refineries, which also require long start times.
 
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