I strongly agree with Darren #117. Darren said:

“if you subscribe to the biotic theory of petroleum/natural gas origin”

Darren, does this imply that you have doubts about the biotic origin of petroleum? Often times, actual fossils are found embedded within the petroleum/natural gas strata, e.g. the Ghawar oil field was based upon marine organic material from the Jurassic age. It has been demonstrated that natural gas can sometimes have nonbiotic origins since we’ve found methane in Titan’s atmosphere (Saturn’s moon).

I also agree with RWE #121. Buying too much stuff on credit was the root of our current economic crisis.

Waging war will not get us out of our current economic predicament unless we opt to become Nazis or human locusts, e.g. go to resource rich countries like the Congo, slaughter/enslave the existing residents and seize their natural resources.