"Laughed lots at the idea of the big conspiracy being that there was really so much damned oil we couldn't use it all for ten thousand years even if we tripled our consumption, and the whole thing with scarceness was just a ploy to keep prices up."

You mean like diamonds? *wry grin*

I invented a car engine that is fueled by will-power alone. I just haven't decided to go out and start the thing up.