Reply #26: No offense but the term peak oil and oil shortage came out as early as [View All]

1910 and oil exec's have been spouting it every 20 years since then. I don't know about anyone else, but I trust neither Government nor oil people to be up front about anything going on. Remember 1974 and 1978 oil experts were saying that by 1990 the oil would be used up, somehow I doubt Carters energy saving tactics saved enough oil to make it last 18 years past the date the experts were saying oil would run out in 1978. It just makes me wonder why if things are that bad we see very little efforts being made for alternative fuels. I mean come on so far all they have come up with is ethonal made from corn and battery powered cars, but remember it takes a lot of oil to make the plastics that make up the casings for said batteries. Btw also think about the way neo cons have used fear to get their way these last 8 years and how much of what they said was based on reality or fact? Sorry but I am old enough to remember 1974, I just started driving that year, I graduated in 75 and I saw the same games then as today. In fact I'm hearing the same exact excuses I was hearing in 1974, we don't have the resources, the government refuses to enact alternative fuel research.