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From: Dale Botkin <dale@BOTKIN.ORG>


> In grade school we learned that the world's supply of oil would run out
> before 2000 and we'd all be driving solar powered cars.  Of course the
> lunar colonies would provide some relief, but there would also be
> overpopultion to te point we'd all live in high-rise apartments.

> No saying there's not a problem, just pointing out that predicting the
> future by extrapolating from the past doesn't always work the way you
> might think.

I don't think it's too far off to expect a dry-up in 50 years though and
plan ahead, as obviously fossil fuels are being consumed faster than nature
can make it.  From what I've read, the last significant oil discovery was in
the 70's, and consumption is increasing.  A lot of oil producers claim to be
running pretty close to capacity as it is.  Drilling more fields is only a
band-aid solution at best.

Jeff
http://demaagd.com/anime/dvdbugs/

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