[ZOOKER]

I sometimes consider if oil has a purpose we are unaware of, and if it’s depletion might not have unexpected consequences.I once heard a wild theory in the late 60s/early 70s that said oil was nature's seismic lubricant - allowing the continental plates to slip past each other with minimum friction.

If we deplete all the oil, the plates will grind on each other, seize up and we'll all die in increasingly violent earthquakes.

Yeah, I know, but it sounded good to West Coast pothead enviromentalists. Truth is secondary...

[DoughtyOne]

Sounds like something they’d claim, just prior to finding “man made global warming” holy grail.