I think a lot of the reason "peak oil" is getting more hype is that, (despite the infrastructure disruptions which were a large part of the price jump and the lag between increase in demand (globally) and production), there is sustained interest by the anti-"eeevil oil" crowd in finding other ways to power their limos.
The rest can walk, as far as they are concerned.
What hapened to Jane Fonda's used veggie oil fueled protest bus, did that ever make it anywhere?
There's a joke in there somewhere, but this being a family type forum I'm not going to dig it out.
No sirree Bob. Not me. I like it around here.
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What in the world gave that first man an idea that he could get "gasoline" out of oil in the first place? What would have given him that idea?