On Wednesday, January 31, 2007, at 05:12PM, <madlab.rabbit.krishaven@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >This one time, at band camp, "Daniel Brashler" <dannob@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >>> 3. The oil too is going away -- it's a finite resource as well. >> Again, we are in absolutely no danger of running out of oil for thousands of >> years. Even if that weren't the case, there *will* be a better fuel source >> developed well before we'd run out. (Solar, anyone?) There is no oil >> crisis due to the earth's supply. > >Uh, while Peak Oil's proponents have done the world a disservice with >their immanent apocalypse scenarios, oil will not last thousands of >years if we continue to use it at anything near the present rate. And >if we continue to ignore this fact and under-develop alternatives then >we won't be prepared when supplies really do drop off. > >Having said that, I don't intend to get too worried until the $2 shops >and Red Dot stores run out of plastic crap to sell. Did you know plastic can be made from industrial hemp? http://www.hempplastic.com