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Old Mar 20, 2005, 05:13 pm   #2 (permalink) (top)
Nono
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(...) immediately tangible would be the decrease in loss of life through war (...)
I agree that it would be ultimately positive in many ways.
But you'd better bet they would find other reasons to war when the oil was gone, much as they do already.
And conflict over the last few drops would be bitter and bloody.


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