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Originally Posted by Iowa_Flames_Fan
Well if you think about it, oil is by definition a finite resource. I'm sure there are people who can tell you when that's likely to be (I'm not one of 'em) but pretty much everybody knows it's not 5 years from now. In fact, it probably won't run out soon enough, if we consider global climate change a problem. Not to mention that there are greenhouse gases created by changes in land use as well. I know you were being tongue-in-cheek, but I thought it merited a response nevertheless.
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The ironic part is that air pollution has decreased by 75% in 30 odd years..( in develped countries) it's a new 'worry' to worry about quite frankly. There are worries with new countries with huge populations developing, but they don't have to go through the growing pains that we had to.