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To: 2MAR$ who wrote (5430)	3/11/2003 2:57:13 PM
From: Lane3	Respond to of 7720

They (think tanks) are looking far ahead imo.... You are more generous than I would be.

To: 2MAR$ who wrote (5430)	3/11/2003 6:15:39 PM
From: average joe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 7720

oil will not last forever, and that is no science fiction. It may last longer than we think. I was reviewing an engineering report for a small oil field in the Williston Basin and it stated quite matter of fact the field would be depleted by 1981. The oil field shows no sign of expiring and is producing almost as much oil as when it was first discovered in the 1950's. Something is recharging the field and the same is happening to many wells in the Gulf of Mexico and elsewhere. There appears to be enough oil for the next several hundreds of years.

To: 2MAR$ who wrote (5430)	3/11/2003 6:21:02 PM
From: The Philosopher	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 7720

oil will not last forever, and that is no science fiction True. But the sun won't last forever, either. Is that a reason not to rely on solar power for as long as the sun remains around? Hydro-electric dams won't last forever, either. At some point the earth will be demolished, and there go all our dams and hydro plants. Is that a reason not to rely on hydro-electric power while we can? The one thing we know is that we cannot accurately predict when oil, or solar, or hydro-electric power will be exhausted. So we plug along the best we can, making reasonable plans for the future but knowing what we don't know.