http://money.cnn.com/2008/06/09/news...ex.htm?cnn=yes

Hmm, oddly reminiscent of the late '70's when the US and world reacted to oil by coming up with alternatives...all the sudden oil gets cheaper...amazing.

Sort of doesn't matter if you are an oil rich nation if the world stops using oil..now if they could only sell the sand

Go 1970's style reactions on the US side http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Independence

This wiki is totally worth the read: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973_oil_crisis

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