look up "peak oil". hopefully I'm just paranoid and this is not true. but from what I've looked up on the internet, there have not been any oil refineries built since the 70's d/t big oil knew, that is the most refining that would ever be needed. because you would not be able to increase production of oil past a certain point. Most of the people that "say they know", say that point has been reached. That it took around 150 yrs to use half the oil and that it will only take about 50 yrs to use the other half. Who knows OPEC may not be able to increase production any more. Look at the country of Dubae they know there going to run out of oil in about ten yrs. So there out in the ocean building whole islands shape like all sorts of different things. too make there country a vacation place. I think thats where people like Tiger Woods and that sucky soccer guy with the plastic surgery ugly wife with the hot fake body has a house. Sorry about the idiot rich people rant.

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IMHO I think we will never leave iraq because they have 25% of the worlds oil that is left and we want it