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Old 05-24-2008, 10:56 AM   #12 (permalink)
ASU2003
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Originally Posted by Cynthetiq
there are lots of other derivatives that would be problematic due to no oil.

plastics, synthetic materials, even machine manufacturing would be hit hard.
Yes they would. Maybe a test shutdown of all gas production would get people's attention to how dependent we are on the stuff.

Well, except for the Amish, they don't care. It would be a good idea for us to come up with new ways of doing everything as if oil doesn't exist.
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