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This fits my armchair observations. In the last 9mo I've seen the usual documentaries on China & India's growth, oil demands, and analyst guestimations for the future. Saudi Arabia and OPEC stating they're near production capacity. The petroleum traders seem to know something. Just this last week the Hubbert curve has appeared repeatedly. Alaska and other new digs seem to be bandaids at best.
I haven't seen anyone mention nuclear. (Pardon if it's in the above links - I haven't had time yet to go through everything.) If we can fund, squabble over, and get a few dozen plants online in 10-15yrs, that'd offset an awful lot of petroleum. It'll be a painful process, but when push comes to shove I doubt our consumer society will be shy about sustaining our position in the world. Anybody here watching futures for companies in the nuke field?
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