# How much oil **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 4, 2001, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-oil/48347 "2001-01-04T03:43:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Catenary](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@Catenary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catenary)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2001, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-oil/48347/1 "2001-01-04T03:43:42Z")
Assuming that we continue to use oil at the current rate, how long before the world’s supply is depleted? ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2001, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-oil/48347/2 "2001-01-04T03:48:21Z")
I refer you to my very long, well referenced, factual post in this thread: [How much fossil fuel is left](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=47621) which no one really read much or cared much at all about. ---
**Author:** ![Catenary](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@Catenary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catenary)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2001, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-oil/48347/3 "2001-01-04T03:52:47Z")
Consider me impressed! ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2001, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-oil/48347/4 "2001-01-04T04:01:13Z")
All of the information in my post was gathered from the [US Energy Information Administration](http://eia.doe.gov), which has scads of great data if one is willing to crack down and dig through it all.