(January 4, 2012 at 4:31 pm)paintpooper Wrote: Peak oil is real in the sense that it is a finite resource on a finite planet. Those are facts.
I agree oil is a finite resource, however so is Iron Ore, Uranium or Coal and we wont run out of those resources (as available to current technology to exploit) for centuries.
Quote:Stop and think about how many things on a daily basis use oil, then figure out what can be replaced with some other resource.
Why did everything become plastic bags? Sure they are cheaper for now.... but you can re-grow a tree not an oil well. (Still a bag is a bag, we are just a wasteful people, you could use re-useable hemp bags for anything)
I am very familiar with the wide range of uses for oil, however as prices go up substitutes (like hemp bags) will be adopted. Because they will be cheaper to produce than plastic ones which use oil.
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