Originally Posted by africanomad
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Come on, sonny, get with it. Even Bill Clinton talks about Peak Oil in his lectures these days. Get off the fricking bicycle and do some reading, ya moron.
http://www.peakoil.com/forums.html
Not meaning to suppress your zealotry, but I remember back in 1971 when I was attending junior high, "they" were pushing the peak oil theory then (well... that, and the impending ice age). "They" claimed that the world was going to run out of oil in 20 years, give or take.
Peak Oil is just recycled paranoid junk science. And even if it isn't, the free enterprise system will find a way. It always does when there's a profit to be made. The only roadblock will be if socialism takes hold and impedes the human spirit/initiative, , and stifles incentive to find an alternative.
When the oil supply becomes too short/too expensive, other technologies will become more viable or worthy of investment dollars, and will be developed.