>JD> There is a larger proven reserve of crude oil at this moment (measured  
in years of usage) than there was in 1950.
 > 
 > I am not consoled. There is less oil now then there ever was, and it 
 > will become less and less. The population grows. Do we care about our 
 > descendants?
Alec,
 I don't think for a minute that we should 'waste' energy, my only point was 
to dispell the gloom & doom scenario that so many people seem to adhere to.
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