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Old 04-24-2009, 09:23 AM   #4 (permalink)
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Peak oil exists whenever their is a shortage of funding. Sea oil is easily good for our lifetimes, and shale oil, which is basically unused, since we have sea oil, will last for god knows how long.

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Originally Posted by SpankyMcLankey View Post

Freight trains, on average, move one ton of material 423 miles on one gallon of gas.
You know that was worked out around moving the actual mass of the train, rather than freight, right? Random facts about ecology ftl.
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