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Originally Posted by pshrynk
And again, I think that the main thing that we overlook in this is that oil is a DEPLETING RESOURCE! I am waaaaay more alarmed that at some point in a future where most of us will still be alive, the last bit of the easily accessible reserves of it will be used up, leaving us with a mandatory and hideously painful retooling of the entire economy basically over night.
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I feel that we should start the retooling NOW, as in ten years ago, so that we can continue to enjoy our current lifestyles.
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I agree the sooner we start the better. One question though... how much oil is left? I remember in school (30 ago) them saying there was only 40 - 50 years of it left. Is that still true, meaning there is about 10 - 20 years left? Or have we found more or are we using it at a slower rate than expected?