Now your getting closer, but it's still not very specific? Is this an anti-oilsand statement? We have enough so we don't need to mine that?
Still not sure where you're going.
I was actually told a few years back by a high ranking Exxon Mobil official that there is probably more oil left to discover, than has actually been drilled and mined so far in human history. A lot more. It's not even close. That there is no real shortage. Modern surveying techniques have yielded more wells and sites than can be drilled right now. Where before a lot of luck was involved, it's not so much anymore, and that there is lots left. A lot of the demand is because of speculators, politics, and just the cost of drilling itself (and I have to assume the oil companies themselves, though of course this person never went that far.) Yes we use more right now, but there is no real shortage as far as potential supply goes. (Shortages can obviously exist based on availability and how much we can drill for at any given time.)
So I can't really disagree with your last comment, I have to wonder why you brought it up.
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