Whatcha gonna do when the well runs dry?

One of these days we'll be facing a technology crisis that'll make Y2K look like a pimple on an apatosaurus' ass: peak oil. In the meantime, we see the seismometer jitter before the Big One as oil prices jump up and down like live prawns on a hibachi grill.

Oil Prices Up After Attack in Saudi Arabia

WASHINGTON -- Crude-oil futures jumped by more than $2 a barrel after an attack on a massive oil facility in Saudi Arabia rattled a global market already jittery about supply disruptions in Nigeria and Iran's nuclear ambitions.

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