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<p>[QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 4966818, member: 27832"]Maybe, but.</p><p><br /></p><p>Yeah, we're <i>using up</i> oil -- but we're also moving to alternative energy sources, which is reducing demand. Petroleum is an amazing raw material for chemical feedstocks, and it strikes me as borderline criminal to just <i>burn it for heat</i> (fuel) instead of conserving it for more specialized uses.</p><p><br /></p><p>Silver is similar. When the photographic film industry collapsed, it drastically cut demand for silver. Yes, there are still things silver's especially good for, but <i>the more expensive it gets, the harder people look for alternatives</i>. And there <i>are</i> lots of alternatives.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 4966818, member: 27832"]Maybe, but. Yeah, we're [I]using up[/I] oil -- but we're also moving to alternative energy sources, which is reducing demand. Petroleum is an amazing raw material for chemical feedstocks, and it strikes me as borderline criminal to just [I]burn it for heat[/I] (fuel) instead of conserving it for more specialized uses. Silver is similar. When the photographic film industry collapsed, it drastically cut demand for silver. Yes, there are still things silver's especially good for, but [I]the more expensive it gets, the harder people look for alternatives[/I]. And there [I]are[/I] lots of alternatives.[/QUOTE]
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