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To: Rock_nj who wrote (3548)	1/11/2007 12:35:20 PM
From: miraje	Respond to of 16955

We should also look into using the 1 Trillion in oil shale that is apparently under the Green River in Colorado. The constraint is economic, not technical. High crude prices will make shale extraction economically feasible, as it already is for oil sands. Coal (which North America has a boat load of) to liquid is also a very real potential energy source. Peak oil (when counting unconventional sources such as those above) is a long way off. But cheap oil is gone for good, IMO.

To: Rock_nj who wrote (3548)	1/11/2007 12:38:12 PM
From: FJB	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 16955

The price of oil has tripled since 2003, therefore it is less available than it was just 3 or 4 years ago. A couple of wars in the Middle East and a madman running Iran would have no impact on the price of oil? Oil does not trade like a textbook commodity, because of geopolitical issues.

To: Rock_nj who wrote (3548)	1/13/2007 4:28:48 PM
From: LTK007	Respond to of 16955

The majority never believes it until it happens, that you can bet on. Fact, you have a VERY limited resource. It took millions of years to form after the dying off the Carboniferous age. The amount formed then ceased, a fixed and limited quantity and it will not ever be formed again. It has ONLY taken a bit over 100 years to bring this resource in a major debate of how much is left. Our rate of using it has been exponential. Do the math. At best, 75 years from now there will be not close to enough, it will be a rare commodity and what there is will be selling at 250 dollars a gallon. But we all die anyway, so what the hell.