cjm:
oil and natural gas are byproducts of internal processes within the earth’s crust. oil will run out when the earth’s core cools, several billion years from now. so yeah, let’s panic now.

Any petroleum geologist would say what you say is drivel. Especially about petroleum. There may be a case of extra-biological origin of certain methane reservoirs in the crust, but not many. Some formations thought to be ancient, pre-life methane containing and been disproven by radioisotope analysis (not that that discourages many believers, as a good bulk of them come from the “Jaysus gave Amuuricaaa endless oil”, and disbelieve radioisotope dating because it threatens the veracity of the 6,000 year-old Earth.)

Supply-side ideologues who talk up endless human population growth as great for the planet and GNPs, about endless fresh water, arable land, strategic metals and minerals, and magically refilling oil reservoirs – are sucking hard on their crack pipes.