[serinde]

I remember my science class in the '70s receiving the same "limited resources" indoctrination.

LOL. I remember those same lectures. The turn of the century was supposed to signal "the end of life as we know it."

[sinclair]

I was in marine transportation during the oil "shortage" in the '70's. We had 7 boats with a total of 51 barges at one time loaded with refined petroleum products lined up along the banks of the Mississippi river just south of Hickman, Kentucky. The oil companies that owned the oil parked their product there because they did not have room in the shore tanks to offload the barges. This during an "OIL SHORTAGE"!!!

The particular boat I was working on stayed in that one spot for a month and a half waiting room for the product in the shore tanks. This while there were long lines at the gas pumps and stations were constantly running out of gas.