石油可能是可再生资源,以及其他你不知道的事情

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或者,“感谢上帝,还有北卡罗来纳州。”

是的。我们有一位新州长, 这意味着会有新的各部门秘书。认识一下约翰·斯克瓦拉,新任环境与自然资源部(DENR,对北卡罗来纳州人来说)秘书。言归正传,这是你的核心思想:也许石油是一种可再生资源。他指的不是等待4500万年我们才能获得更多的那种意义。

斯克瓦拉说:“例如,俄罗斯人一直以来都像对待可再生资源一样开采石油,到目前为止,他们还没有被证明是错的。”


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“关于这一点,有很多不同的科学观点。”

是的。有大量的科学家在那里琢磨,也许石油就像芭比娃娃过去喝水的那种魔术杯子,你倾斜它们,里面的东西就消失了,然后当你放下它们时,它又神奇地重新注满了。大量的科学家。

除了,哎呀,实际上不是。有一个疯狂的理论认为原油来自浮游植物,另一个理论认为它只是从地幔中慢慢渗出(这是一个对该概念的非常简单的驳斥),但你必须非常努力才能找到主流科学界中有人相信它。这是《独立周刊》的莉萨·索格对该理论的非常好的总结和揭穿

综上所述,值得注意的是,斯克瓦拉认为气候科学尚未解决,这几乎是反高潮:“我已经每天研究这个问题10年了,对此存在很大的意见分歧。我还没有准备好说哪个是对的或错的。” 从未预料到会这样,是吧。

我们仍在等待他对海平面上升的看法。

* 是的——编辑标题将“天然”改为“可再生”。 哦,编辑的时代啊,可以把作者从他们自己手中拯救出来。 谢谢,@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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