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	The End of OPEC

JICWyllie

5-11-2008 2:00 PM

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energym oil, i-peak oil, i-prices, i-policy, i-failure, i-forecast

JICWyllie says:

Original thinking.

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5-11-2008 8:10 PM

Socratoad

Very interesting methinks .... food for thought.

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