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3. Except oil is dying industry with only short term gains, if any, to be made.

Mon Jun 19, 2017, 01:05 PM

Jun 2017

Within 50 years, the oil industry could be history on this planet. It certainly will be in 100 years, provided the human species survives that long.

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MECRA lapfog_1 Jun 2017 #1

It's not Alaska, folks...Americans get nothing, zero, zilch, nada angstlessk Jun 2017 #2

Oil is very useful for plastics and chemical feedstocks NickB79 Jun 2017 #8

Thus Spake Tillerson. WinkyDink Jun 2017 #7

The problem: a lack of banana-farming jobs in Minnesota NickB79 Jun 2017 #5

So much for my unquestioning respect for Navy Seals. WinkyDink Jun 2017 #6