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[JDPriestly]

24. Thanks. I was trying to point out what you are pointing out.

But oil is a finite resource. There is so much of it. The portion of it that was easy to bring to our gas pumps has been exploited. We are now down to the expensive stuff.

We have to find replacements and cut back on our energy consumption -- both.

Olive oil is really, really hard to make as I understand it.

So, my reference to olive oil was a bit of a joke.

But many people don't understand how important petroleum is to our lives. We should not just burn up what we have and will be able to find. We need to find alternative energy so that we can continue to use the limited amount and very expensive to produce oil for more important things than bringing our groceries back from the supermarket.