Thread: .....I'M AS MAD AS HELL AND I'M NOT GONNA TAKE THIS ANYMORE!
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Old August 6th 06, 11:26 PM posted to sci.space.policy,sci.space.history,alt.global-warming
Alan Anderson
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Default .....I'M AS MAD AS HELL AND I'M NOT GONNA TAKE THIS ANYMORE!
h (Rand Simberg) wrote:

On Thu, 27 Jul 2006 10:50:50 -0400, in a place far, far away,
"jonathan" made the phosphor on my monitor glow in
such a way as to indicate that:

We know the oil is going to run out

Oil will never run out.

"Cheap" fossil oil will certainly be a thing of the past at some point.
That's what most people mean when they say "oil is going to run out."
They're technically right, even while the statement doesn't acknowledge
that alternatives can make it pretty much irrelevant.