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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kalendraf" data-source="post: 1552586" data-attributes="member: 3433">When (not if) we do run out of oil, or the reserves are so low that oil is priced out of consideration, the world will simply turn to other forms of fuel.  There's a lot to choose from that are affordable and obtainable and most of them are already in use to some degree.Coal, Nuclear, Hydroelectricity, Wind Power will continue to be used to generate electricity.Car engines will be redesigned to run on alternate fuels such as Ethanol (produced from corn).  FYI, we already use Ethanol in the midwest, not sure about the rest of the country.  Certain trucks can run with high percent ethanol grade fuel already.  Under the right circumstances, the next OPEC could well be the local farmers Co-Op.  Now there's a modern d20 story angle that probably hasn't been developed before!  Farmland may once again become highly sought for it's growing properties, instead of getting sold off to build suburbs and minimalls.Solar power may become useful for home use, supplementing normal electrical needs.  If solar cell design ever improves enough, it may find more widespread use.Many of those forms are fairly abundant and/or renewable.  Running out of oil is going to suck for some people, especially the big oil companies, but the rest of us will move on.  The apocalyptic world of Mad Max won't be caused from using up our oil.</blockquote>