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Peak Oil

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2. Alternatives cannot replace oil

Reply to jwirr (Reply #1)

Wed Jan 11, 2012, 08:28 PM

Jan 2012

Sorry to burst your bubble here but there is not replacement for oil. No so called alternative will ever replace the billions of barrels of oil that will be lost to declining production around the world. It simply cannot happen.

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