Originally Posted by sid

does that make it any more accurate? there are too many variables for it to show an accurate result. What if we start producing cars that are electronic without the option of gas? what if nuclear fallout renders the oil in the middle-east unusable? what if people stop having children or start having 5 or 6 at a time? what if we find out that there's a giant reservoir of oil somewhere in the pacific? the graph can't predict things like that, and it's things like that that will end up happening before those 40 years are over.