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Politics : The Environmentalist Thread -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: average joe who wrote (7613)10/11/2006 12:44:48 AM
From: S. maltophilia  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 36917
 
There are similarities. But petroleum extraction is rather highly regulated:
rrc.state.tx.us
And the stuff being extracted stays pretty much in one place and does not renew itself in any timespan meainingful to an individual. The volume of water consumed is hugely greater than the amount of petroleum products. And it is much easier to survive without petroleum than without water.