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bluerum

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Mon Aug-14-06 10:23 AM
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3. Oil will become one of many energy sources - ethanol, shale oil,

coal, hydro, solar, wind, etc.

It will simply become un-economical to pour 20 gallons of gas in a car and drive for 6 hours. Electric or ethanol, though expensive by todays standards, will be more economical.

In a word energy diversity will become the norm.

The ultra-rich will still buy and use gasoline powered vehicles. Airlines, truckers, trains will still use diesel and hydrocarbon based fuels but the cost of food and anything that travels by these methods will skyrocket.

The military will be the last to transition to energy alternatives and that will assure our military presence/occupations in the oil producing nations of the world.

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