blackaeronaut Wrote:What Mal said. That sounds about right. I would have said something to that affect myself, but I've been busy lately. :p
Also: Love to see what happens with fuel prices when Stel-Oil starts flooding the market with their exports - surely not enough to flat-line the industry, but enough to convince the speculators that there shouldn't be much of a supply problem. How low do you think we can reasonably drive gasoline prices in the US (and the rest of the world for that matter)? I remember the days we used to get regular grade for about $0.89/gallon in Austin, TX - my family had no problems keeping our Mega-Beast fueled (a 1985 Dodge Ram B350 15-passenger van with a 440 cubic-inch V-8).
In other news, scientists expect Earths average temperature to rise about 10°C by the next 50 years.
(which might be "solved" by the introduction fusion power)