[RightWhale]

When oil is gone

That's not good Peak Oil theory. The oil won't run out, it will simply get more expensive until it cannot be considered a resource.

[kaktuskid]

Then we will go back to COAL, which ran the industry of this country until the mid 20th century. We used it to make gas for light and heat (that's what gasworks were for!) and we can make synthetic oil from it (which is what the Germans did and what S Africa does now).

[astounded]

Ethanol's not just for breakfast anymore...

[IYAS9YAS]

I've heard of previously "empty" oil wells showing an ability to refill themselves.

[eno_]

And then people will figure out that the new-generation nuke plants that were designed in the 80's and 90's will, in fact, work and be cost-efficient. And we'll dig more coal. Ho hum.