Why Oil Prices Skyrocketed
 

The problem is, nobody really knows how much oil is down there. The only thing that's certain: Dead organisms produced (http://www.livescience.com/environme...l_origins.html) a limited amount of oil long ago, and eventually there won't be enough to sustain the current rate of consumption.
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*Source: LiveScience (http://www.livescience.com/environme...-prices.html)*

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