Semantics is a fun, new game that Milton-Bradley would like to market to children of all ages.


People tend to forget that you can't just stick a straw in the ground and turn on a reverse-flow pump to extract the oil. The 'easy' sources have all been found, and the cost will go up to extract oil from shale, or transport it from the Alaskan steppe (if any is found). Or we can tie the cost of oil to the cost of fighting wars against 'extremists' in places like Mexico, Venezuela etc.

Sigh.