I think I heard its suppose to run out in 2016...but I could be wrong. But one day it will run out.

Yes and I will be happy to see the day! I am happy it is one change for better in our society that I will get to see. Bring on the cleaner alternatives.

When that happens, if you live to see it, prosperous countries will either fight for or buy the dwindling supply while the poor nations begin to die off or immigrate. The last country with oil will see the same die off and immigration when there is no more oil at any price. However, the theory of abiotic oil has not been disproven and this scenario may never come to pass. SOME OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS OF INTEREST: From livescience.com excerpt: Top Ten Most Polluted Areas The Top 10 most polluted places for 2006, in alphabetical order by country: Linfen, China, where residents say they literally choke on coal dust in the evenings, exemplifies many Chinese cities; Haina, Dominican Republic, has severe lead contamination because of lead battery recycling, a problem common throughout poorer countries [image]; Ranipet, India, where leather tanning wastes contaminate groundwater with hexavalent chromium, made famous by Erin Brockovich, resulting in water that apparently stings like an insect bite [image]; Mailuu-Suu, Kyrgyzstan, home to nearly 2 million cubic meters of radioactive mining waste that threatens the entire Ferghana valley, one of the most fertile and densely populated areas in Central Asia that also experiences high rates of seismic activity; La Oroya, Peru, where the metal processing plant, owned by the Missouri-based Doe Run Corporation, leads to toxic emissions of lead; Dzerzinsk, Russia, one of the country's principal chemical weapons manufacturing sites until the end of the Cold War [image]; Norilsk, Russia, which houses the world's largest heavy metals smelting complex; Rudnaya Pristan, Russia, where lead contamination resulted in child blood lead levels eight to 20 times maximum allowable U.S. levels; Chernobyl, Ukraine, infamous site of a nuclear meltdown 20 years ago; and Kabwe, Zambia, where child blood levels of lead are five to 10 times the allowable EPA maximum [image]. The research team analyzed 35 polluted sites, narrowed down from more than 300 nominated by local communities, non-governmental organizations and local, national and international environmental authorities. The team was made up of international environment and health experts, including faculty members from Johns Hopkins and Mt. Sinai Medical Center serving on the technical advisory board of the Blacksmith Institute. Fuller said the institute is currently working with national and international organizations to help clean up six of these sites.