[Christien]

I think, like global warming, this is one of those issues that's SO clouded by partisan politics that we may never really know the truth. I watched a documentary on peak oil a couple months ago, and if you believe what it said, you'd be terrified. My wife and I talked about it at length, and both agreed that, despite plenty of current evidence to the contrary, the human race as a whole is far too intelligent and resourceful to let everything fall to ***** to the extent predicted by the film.

Saudi Arabia may be the current benchmark, but given a bit more time and a few more dollars per barrel as the demand for oil rises ever more and western Canada will own the world the way the middle east does now. It's estimated the world's largest untapped oil deposits are under Alberta, it's just much more expensive to extract than it is in the ME. Of course, once the value of the oil hits that certain mark where it's economical to spend the higher cost to extract it...