A day without oil is a nightmare
Author: Frank Baker
Published February 20
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I’ve heard it said that you usually dream at night about what you thought during the day. Amidst the ongoing debate about the use of fossil fuels, global warming and alternative energy, I’d been thinking a lot about how different the world would be if there weren’t any petroleum products. Maybe I thought about it too much:
In my dream, I edged myself out of bed in the morning to find the house cold and dark. The latex paint on the walls had dissolved, exposing stark, gray-white sheetrock. The varnish on the floors and window trim evaporated. ....