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      ChuckS
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      How is this different than the other "peak oil" statements that I've been hearing for almost 20 years?

      How is this different than the other "peak oil" statements that I've been hearing for almost 20 years?

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          Yeah, but I thought the same argument was made 10 or 15 years ago and then, when prices started to climb, fracking came around. I would imagine the income generated by fracking more than offset...

          Yeah, but I thought the same argument was made 10 or 15 years ago and then, when prices started to climb, fracking came around. I would imagine the income generated by fracking more than offset the research and development to establish the practice.

          I'm also not really seeing an environmental downside to ending oil shale mining. The last oil price hike brought about the renewables boom.