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well, i'm interested in the data mostly because it's unusual for folk to try to get a sense of what oil reserves might actually as over against relying on projections as to how they should be.
that's the pivot around which all this turns, really: what is the assessment of the situation in terms of global reserves. loosing 20 years of slack that was apparently only ever the result of projections, which were selected from amongst a range of other possible projections for god knows what reason--that's alot of time to have disappear.
i haven't gotten around to tracking down this data yet, nor do i know if it's available on-line. perhaps a little mission for later on.
in general, i agree with you though that it's entirely possible to navigate this scenario in a coherent manner...
the questions i posed about recognition at the state level were not meant to imply an "o no, we're all a-gonna die" viewpoint.
i'm just a bit baffled about how it is that this is not being taken more seriously.
and then i start thinking about data again.
round it goes.
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spinning dog. such faithfulness it hear
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