Originally Posted by
mnemia
I don't share that optimism. It's a fact that oil is finite. We can't magically produce more just because we have better extraction technology forever. That will work for a while, but the more you go down that path the more you run into the law of diminishing returns. At some point, alternatives will become a cheaper option (for example, nuclear energy).
I didn't intend to imply that I thought oil was infinite. As I said earlier, "we'll adapt by finding new ways to bottle energy to power our automobiles (or hovercars by then)."