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It isn't lively much now.

Bringing us round to where we began, which is why it's well past time to let it go and focus on more proximal existential problems.

RE

Indeed. And I have been focused on those, as far as they relate to geology anyway, critical minerals is a hot topic now. But keeping track of the golden olddie is still a favorite pasttime. And tangential questions do keep cropping up, I have been asked quite a few questions on Venezuela as of late. Someone finds my name on a study, and suddenly my phone starts ringing. Happened earlier this week. Twice.

[RE]

And tangential questions do keep cropping up,

Oh come on.  This thread was about ICE.  Bringing Pea Oil into it stretches the concept of tangential past the elastic limit.

J6P fell for peak oil hook/line and sinker decades ago now

Yeesh. 🙄🙄🙄

RE