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Fossil fuel will not be needed in the new Messianic Millenium, soon to emerge after soon coming Armageddon, with King Jesus in the global drivers seat.
If King Jesus is in the drivers seat, but there are no fossil fuels, is his car going to be one of those Flintstone footpowered cars?
Most of this worry is overblown anyway, right? I mean it only took a couple of thousand years for the dinosaurs to become oil, and so all those animals and people that died since then will be oil pretty soon too, right?
Okay end of comedy... I find it interesting when end of oil is considered almost apocalyptic. While it will be apocalyptic for anyone trying to hang onto their stocks in oil futures, other sources of power, lubrication, and polymer creation (for materials) are available and will come into play (and costs will come down).
The greater question is what sources should be moved into with a long term strategy, rather than banking on the next "reserve". Even growing crops for ethanol is not a real solution as population growth continues (making it harder to farm for both food and replacement for oil). I suppose what I am saying is that we need to come up with strategies for replacing oil AND keeping population growth in check so it will not eventually outpace resources.
I have to say though, even if we all ended up having to live like the Amish, or the people of Pompeii (other than the volcanos), feudal japan, angkor wat, and to some extent Greece , Rome, and Persia... I don't think it will necessarily be all that horrific (lifestyle wise).
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holmes
[This message has been edited by holmes, 11-13-2003]
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