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German Army Report on Peak Oil

The link is to an English Translation in the german newspaper Der Spiegel. They are talking about Peak Oil being around nowish. (Although on a geological scale even a thousand years from now would be around nowish).

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Kalki said…
Russia will rule the world.

Russia is nuclear armed, has lots of energy and up to date weapons technologies and a hungry population.

If you are an enemy of Russia, and you use a lot of oil, Hemp oil may be a consideration for the eventuality that Russia may not wish to let you have oil.

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