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To: Road Walker who wrote (1144)8/1/2008 3:44:11 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 86355
 
Typewriters aren't totally obsolete, but they are fairly obsolete. Oil isn't, and won't be for a long time.

Its not just the past, its also the future for quite awhile. For fuel at the very least quite a few decades. For some purposes (lubrication, petrochemicals) perhaps centuries.