Scottish Government moving the goalposts

[BCram]

improved technology means we can access more of the reserves rather than simply abandon and decommission. We're pulling oil and gas out now that we wouldn't have had access to ten years ago and are exploring further and deeper to locate new fields.

There is a future in decommissioning for Scotland but it needs to run in parallel with the construction of new wells and the continued production of resources from these and existing wells that were considered close to abandonment but are now still capable of profitable production.

Thanks for the info. Any details on the number of barrels still possible to recover. I was wondering if there was a non carbon producing way of using oil. Seems to me that if the petrol/diesel isn't needed for cars there would need to be a high value volume use will be needed. Just interested and I have no political axe to grind with this area of discussion.

[islaydarkblue]

Thanks for the info. Any details on the number of barrels still possible to recover. I was wondering if there was a non carbon producing way of using oil. Seems to me that if the petrol/diesel isn't needed for cars there would need to be a high value volume use will be needed. Just interested and I have no political axe to grind with this area of discussion.

What happens to the taxation from oil in Scottish waters when everyone is forced by law to drive an electric car and the electricity is all produced by windmills and solar panels

[BCram]

What happens to the taxation from oil in Scottish waters when everyone is forced by law to drive an electric car and the electricity is all produced by windmills and solar panels

There are many products that require petrochemicals. I think that we should be making efforts to find new uses for them. Perhaps there are potential new uses for our oil? If Scottish companies owned the oil might we all benefit? There was a boom in wealth based in Aberdeen. Perhaps if we encouraged our universities to investigate new options for petrochemical we might actually do something for ourselves that would not be tied to Westminster.
The point you make about the probable drop in petrol based taxes assumes that there will not be an alternative tax created. I would imagine the tree huggers will have many alternative taxation policies. All will be regressive and designed to reduce private car usage. I would love to see how our politicians could carry out their duties without the use of chauffeurs etc.