25.05.2004
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oil crunch reaches the national geographic
“Humanity's way of life is on a collision course with geology - with the
stark fact that the Earth holds a finite supply of oil. The flood of crude
from fields around the world will ultimately top out, then dwindle. It could be 5 years from now or 30: No one knows for sure, and geologists and
economists are embroiled in debate about just when the "oil peak" will be
upon us. But few doubt that it is coming. "In our lifetime," says
economist Robert K. Kaufmann of Boston University, who is 46, "we will
have to deal with a peak in the supply of cheap oil."
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