FYI: Average price of a barrel of oil since 1970, adjusted for inflation: right at $20. <TREEFARMER at webtv.net> wrote in message news:5662-39BC4306-39 at storefull-128.iap.bryant.webtv.net... > I can remember in the '70's when almost every scientist in the news was > forecasting the world would run out of oil inside of a decade. >