On 1/8/2016 10:20 AM, Scott Lurndal wrote:

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That must be the most egregious false analogy I've seen in a great while.

True.

So much for your nym.

Even you should realize that Apples are not equal to Oranges.

And indeed, one should reduce the use of water, where at all possible. It
is, indeed, a limited resource and one where the underground reserves are
dwindling fast and competition for whats left is heating up. Just look at
the Colorado river, or the perrenial water disputes between Ok and Tx.

We actually are using a lot less oil than in the past, and wells have
been idled to pump less, and presumably to support prices, though the
side effect is to save it for the future.

When BP bought out Arco, they both had high-producing wells in Alaska,
and they shut some of them down because they had more supply than their
refineries could handle and did not want to sell the excess on the open
market. They do supply a lot of independent gas station chains,
including Costco (at least out west).