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From the Ted Talk by Edward Burtynsky: Photographing the landscape of oil

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And I know that oil comes from the ocean and phytoplankton, but he did the culaotclanis for our Earth and what it had to do to produce that amount of erngey. From the photosynthetic growth, it would take 500 years of that growth to pcrdoue what we use, the 30 billion barrels we use per year.

And that also bguroht me to the fact that this poses such a risk to our sioetcy. Looking at 30 billion per year, we look at our two largest suppliers, Saudi abiraa and now Canada, with its dirty oil. And together they only form about 15 years of supply. The whole world, at 1.2 trillion estimated reserves, only gives us about 45 years. So, it's not a question of if, but a question of when peak oil will come upon us.

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And I know that oil comes from the ocean and phytoplankton, but he did the ____________ for our Earth and what it had to do to produce that amount of ______. From the photosynthetic growth, it would take 500 years of that growth to _______ what we use, the 30 billion barrels we use per year.

And that also _______ me to the fact that this poses such a risk to our _______. Looking at 30 billion per year, we look at our two largest suppliers, Saudi ______ and now Canada, with its dirty oil. And together they only form about 15 years of supply. The whole world, at 1.2 trillion estimated reserves, only gives us about 45 years. So, it's not a question of if, but a question of when peak oil will come upon us.

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  3. calculations
  4. society
  5. produce
  6. energy

Original Text


And I know that oil comes from the ocean and phytoplankton, but he did the calculations for our Earth and what it had to do to produce that amount of energy. From the photosynthetic growth, it would take 500 years of that growth to produce what we use, the 30 billion barrels we use per year.

And that also brought me to the fact that this poses such a risk to our society. Looking at 30 billion per year, we look at our two largest suppliers, Saudi Arabia and now Canada, with its dirty oil. And together they only form about 15 years of supply. The whole world, at 1.2 trillion estimated reserves, only gives us about 45 years. So, it's not a question of if, but a question of when peak oil will come upon us.

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