On Fri, 19 May 2006 08:57:13 +0100, The Reid
wrote:

If oil becomes a product you grow in fields in the future, it
might be fresh water that will be the new gold. The Saudis are
probably stuffed, either way.

There are a number of technologies that provide oil from algae, which
needs nothing but sun and space, something a large desert country
would have no problem providing.

Jim.