> But isn't oil carbon neutral? ;-) Heh. The area under the curve may add up to 1, but it's coming out a lot faster than it went in! I used to be somewhat wor

> But isn't oil carbon neutral? ;-) Heh. The area under the curve may add up to 1, but it's coming out a lot faster than it went in! I used to be somewhat worried that when oil starts to run out it will leave the developing countries "in the lurch" so to speak. That is, they will not be able to develop beyond a certain point because energy will simply become too expensive. Then I realized that there is an enormous amount of coal still available. So there is a chance that the future may yet be steampunk. For a little while, at least.