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To: quehubo who wrote (135801)	6/6/2004 12:34:41 PM
From: Mary Cluney	Read Replies (1) of 281500

<<< The world has changed over the last year as Asia and the USA have dramatically increased their energy needs and TODAY we cannot lose Iraqi production without a severe price spike.>>> The world probably has less than 100 years of oil supply left. Not even in cosmic terms, even in terms of human history, 100 years is not much time at all. It has barely been 100 years since the Wright Brothers flew at Kitty Hawk. Look at what takes place in 100 years. The modernization delta, or change curve, is increasing exponentially. So what will take place technologically over the next 100 years can not be extrapolated using euclidean mathematics. Chances are most people on this thread will see the combustion engine pass into history. You have to remember, we are not going to wait until the last drop of oil is pumped out of this earth before we change our energy source. The point is, those people painting this horrific scenario of people going to war, killing each other for oil is ridiculous. Or, anyway it should be ridiculous. And, in some ways it will be ridiculous.

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