Q: The world currently uses up ≅85 million barrels of oil per day. If the total remaining oil reserves ≅ 1 trillion barrels, how many more years do we have before we run out?

Typical A:

(85,000,000 barrels/day) * (365 days/yr) = 31.025 billion bbl/yr
1 trillion bbl ÷ 31.025 billion bbl/yr ≅ 32 years, 3 months


Notice any problems with the ("mathematically correct") answer?


Even putting aside,



#4 Physical reality of oil fields.

Geology says:

Oil fields ≠ a gas tank