RM> Then there are the other stories you have to wonder about.
RM> In recent years they've said that there are known oil
RM> deposits NOT in the middle east with enough oil to last
RM> the world at current consumption rates for the next
RM> hundred years or so..  (Russia and Canada's Tar Sands, etc.)
RM> But other sources say that we will start to run out of oil
RM> Everywhere in the next 20 years..

GP>Yes, we have even more oil than the Alberta tar sands right
  >here in mainland BC, but 'they' are obfuscating this with
  >debate about "offshore" oil drilling! :P

There's something to be said for hoarding something like oil
until you Really need to use your own as well..

GP>And then there are those that stand to profit from higher
  >commodities prices through fearmongering. . . :P

Lots of that going on. Funny how with most other businesses
when supply costs go up profits go down while the oil industry
seems to manage the opposite.

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