On Sun, 26 Feb 2012 15:19:28 -0500, BAR wrote:

Why shouldn't we "drill, baby drill?" With your logic the sooner we are
out of oil the sooner we will switch to other fuels. However, they
haven't come up with a replacement for plastic yet.

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What if we ran out of oil next week, or more probably, the price
doubles or triples in a short time. As you allude to with plastic,
the real value of crude oil is as an industrial feed stock, not as a
flammable energy source.