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Old 08-27-2012, 08:28 AM   #14 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by suspectnumber961 View Post
Indeed, the migration from suburbs back to the cities, the resurrection of rail, and the fact that oil will never be cheap again puts economies – and culture – on a newly defined path to other forms of transport and other ways of working.
There is evidence that the slowness of the US economic recovery can be attributed to the high cost of oil due to excessive oil futures speculation.

The world needs to get off of oil, going back to WWII it's been one of the root causes for many wars.
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