"**There is no shortage of fossil fuel resources in the Earth’s crust**, no danger of imminently running out of coal and hydrocarbons: at the 2020 level of production, coal reserves would last for about 120 years, oil and gas reserves for about 50 years, and continued exploration would transfer more of them from the resource to the reserve (technically and economically viable) category." ([Location 862](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B08SGC3TD3&location=862)) --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[fossil-fuels]], **Source** -- [[202412030828 - B - How the World Really Works]]