Look, the Romans denuded the forests of Europe and North Africa for wood to
make charcoal. When Europeans ran out of wood, they used coal. When coal
became too expensive to mine and transport, oil came to the fore. The known
world was ruled by charcoal, industrial revolution was run by coal, space
was conquered during the reign of oil.

We have 200 years worth of (known) oil in the U.S., 400 years worth of coal,
and way beyond both of those in natural gas. It is way premature to get all
exercised about "running out."


i've got nothing against USING oil but we don't have enough to WASTE
it.

There is not 200 years worth of recoverable oil.

we were talking about oil, not coal or gas... there are already good
alternatives to coal and gas, use coal and gas all you want, no
problem

There is no good alternative to oil for transportation that we have
yet...., it should not be wasted.

Mark