see that's crazy to me, they were about 10 years older than me, but as you said I would've thought early thirties at least
also, can you imagine the total chaos it would be if oil production stopped? I've never actually thought about it until now, it would be very very bad.
( Lisette von Falcon, Fri 7 Jan 2011, 21:10, 2 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

pretty much everything is oil based in some way
as a species, that's a pretty narrow and finite thing to base our lives on
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 7 Jan 2011, 21:17, Reply)

It's going to happen.
At our current rate of consumption we have about 30 years of oil left.

There may be undiscovered fields but it's unlikely they'd yield much.
( The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Fri 7 Jan 2011, 21:19, Reply)

so we should make the most of it
by guzzling it up before those pesky developing nations start demanding any
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Fri 7 Jan 2011, 21:21, Reply)

Not much we can do.
Except invest in synthetic development companies quite quickly.
( The Disappointed Caravanner of the year, Fri 7 Jan 2011, 21:23, Reply)