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Originally Posted by aswo
Oil will never run out completely, the problem with oil is there is a point of max production a number that says that you will never ever be able to produce this much oil at one time again and there are people who we are now at that point where oil is going to be on a serious rise from here and there is no stopping it.
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Peak oil: oil production will soon reach a peak and then rapidly decline.
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Originally Posted by aswo
Gasoline is only one part of the oil "problem" so blameing are dependence on car technology is to me sort of narrow minded.
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It's one of many dependances. I never claimed it was the only one. Sheesh. I'm blaming everyone (myself include) for not having the basic foresight and common sense to prevent this.
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Originally Posted by aswo
Change in the middle eas[t] had to come at some point and i think i[n] my mind president bush and tony blair had this on there agenda no matter and iraq just becme there best candidate
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The Middle East would be the farthest thing from our minds if we could start to focus on alternative fuels as much as we are focusing on hording oil. That's my point.