>  be brave and say you are wrong. Low price doesn't justify excessive use.
 > The low price is a transient thing. It will rise, and fall, and 
 > rise, and....
 > 
 > The more we burn greedily, the worse the air we breathe, the worse 
 > the warming of the planet, the less food can be grown. In an era of rapid 
 > population growth.
Alec,
 This is getting off-topic, so I'll end with this:
Go to your library and get a copy of Dr. Paul Erlich's "The Population Bomb". 
Read his scary predictions of disaster, then read the timeline.
We have more known oil reserves (in terms of years of use) at the moment than 
we did in 1950. Prices of any commodity reflect its scarcity and cost of 
production, plus its value to society. As I said before, I don't condone 
waste, which is why I drive a Diesel VW instead of a SUV/truck. But it ain't 
doom and gloom, either.
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