tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post7988052763539385195..comments2024-03-27T12:53:39.298+01:00Comments on A view from the cycle path: The Netherlands is an oil producing nation (or "only an energy poor country would build cycle paths")David Hembrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14543024940730663645noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-64338375304736610742011-03-14T17:50:40.455+01:002011-03-14T17:50:40.455+01:00Anonymous: Arguing with anonymous people is a bit ...Anonymous: Arguing with anonymous people is a bit pointless, but I'll make an exception after your silly comment about not producing much.<br /><br />The Netherlands <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_exports" rel="nofollow">is a major exporter</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_exports_per_capita" rel="nofollow">fourth in the world per David Hembrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14543024940730663645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-17600244355560195042011-03-14T16:26:23.514+01:002011-03-14T16:26:23.514+01:00Gas ?????????
Doesn’t fit well in vehicle tanks ev...Gas ?????????<br />Doesn’t fit well in vehicle tanks even when compressed. <br /><br />Netherlands consumed 922,800 barrels in 2009, it costs your country a small fortune in imports. Stick to using Rotterdam as a port of entry for the rest of Europe and exporting flowers. You do not produce much as a country and the importation of vehicles and other similar things is (and always has been) a thornAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-24713953792606197402011-03-14T16:02:48.841+01:002011-03-14T16:02:48.841+01:00Anonymous: As 2006 comes between 1996 when the pum...Anonymous: As 2006 comes between 1996 when the pumps stopped operating and 2011 when production started again. It's hardly surprising that this year should have a particularly low figure.<br /><br />All knockers: What about the gas ? There's a lot of it.David Hembrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14543024940730663645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-34423324558361700772011-03-14T15:55:04.663+01:002011-03-14T15:55:04.663+01:002006 - Netherland oil production, 26 thousand barr...2006 - Netherland oil production, 26 thousand barrels<br /><br />UK 2006 - 1,490 thousand barrels of oil.<br />Netherlands produce enough oil to keep your bike chains lubricated :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-38027925442263704932011-03-14T15:30:31.830+01:002011-03-14T15:30:31.830+01:00Index Mundi doesn't give exact definitions or ...Index Mundi doesn't give exact definitions or how the numbers are measured. I can't find it in their sources either. But a fair amount of consumption would be used by Dutch refineries servicing other parts of europe. I read that Italy and France had retooled their refineries in the last 2 decades so petrol export from R'dam to there is very low now but other parts of europe are still Son of Shaftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-42532152859282345672011-03-08T23:05:54.831+01:002011-03-08T23:05:54.831+01:00I enjoy your blog, but I am disappointed with this...I enjoy your blog, but I am disappointed with this post. First your argument is a bit disingenuous. While the Netherlands has some minor oil production, the Netherlands is far from an oil rich nation. In 1980, the Netherlands was producing about 25 thousand barrels a day, but using 792 thousand barrels a day or producing about 3% of its consumption. <br /><br />http://www.indexmundi.com/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-26997156491325168542011-03-08T22:27:10.983+01:002011-03-08T22:27:10.983+01:00The injection technique is definitely fracking.htt...The injection technique is definitely fracking.http://www.gaslandthemovie.com/whats-fracking + http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2011/03/rabobank_worried_about_gas_dri.phpSlow Factoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12056080802746709323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-87378853635457522932011-03-07T20:44:47.981+01:002011-03-07T20:44:47.981+01:00sounds a bit like fracking...sounds a bit like <a href="http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/egoldstein/new_york_times_expose_on_frack.html" rel="nofollow">fracking</a>...Peter Smithhttp://psmithsf.weebly.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-18652244354098649172011-03-07T13:47:55.755+01:002011-03-07T13:47:55.755+01:00@CantaEnAyunas: yes, that is conglomerates of oil ...@CantaEnAyunas: yes, that is conglomerates of oil companies do so.<br />@David: I remember that these jaknikkers (ja = yes, knikken = to nod) weren't even guarded when in full production mode. When living in Emmen I once took a wrong turn in Schoonebeek and ended up on a slab of asphalt with a working jaknikker. No fences, no guards, just the pump doing its job. I doubt that this would be Frits Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11399632570565541892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-41313087057034623152011-03-07T11:45:02.867+01:002011-03-07T11:45:02.867+01:00I agree about the "cycling will have its day ...I agree about the "cycling will have its day when oil runs out" idea. There's a long way to go before this really affects people. Apart from merely spending more money, people who see no choice but to drive can get more economical cars, drive shorter distances, combine journeys, lobby for lower tax on petrol, and many other things which don't require actually changing mode of David Hembrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14543024940730663645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-86712615215463800782011-03-07T11:37:33.598+01:002011-03-07T11:37:33.598+01:00Aren't blogs great? I came for a peak in to c...Aren't blogs great? I came for a peak in to cycling life in the Netherlands and left with knowledge about oil production instead!<br /><br />I worry that 'cycling will have it's day when oil runs out' is used as a serious back up plan by cycle campaigners in the UK. But the ability for people to accommodate ever-rising fuel prices into their personal budgets, rather than ride a ibikelondonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06978714126105951294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-53534481751988298152011-03-07T10:56:46.799+01:002011-03-07T10:56:46.799+01:00What interesting info about the NL, thanks for pos...What interesting info about the NL, thanks for posting this And excellent point about wealth vs infrastructure.Lovely Bicycle!http://lovelybike.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-42820491207365728112011-03-07T10:46:21.528+01:002011-03-07T10:46:21.528+01:00Does The Netherlands extract oil form the North Se...Does The Netherlands extract oil form the North Sea such as UK or Norway?CantaEnAyunashttp://twitter.com/CantaEnAyunasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-4425476269062179052011-03-07T05:34:18.034+01:002011-03-07T05:34:18.034+01:00Thank you for the interesting post, David. I'v...Thank you for the interesting post, David. I've been following the fossil fuel industry much more closely in the past decade and am a frequent reader of www.theoildrum.com site (and many others).<br /><br />One thing that is clear to me is that we really need to minimise the wasteful use of fossil fuels - ie. burning them for personal transport. The worst thing we can do with fossilised Paul Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828401001732920598noreply@blogger.com