stompy: if people had the oil-drilling technology 100 years ago that they have today, I'm sure it would have been depleted long ago. As it is, new technology allows us to find and retrieve oil that we didn't realize was possible before. For the last 50 years, the known oil reserves has always been about "20 years worth". If suddenly technology development were to stop today, we'd have about 20 years of oil to go before it would be completely finished. Just as long as technology keeps pace, we can keep walking the tightrope...
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