News for hackers. Stuff that matters.
Re:Oil Espionage: Traders Spy on Hub With Satellites, Sensor... by nradov on Tuesday October 02, 2012 @02:06AM (#4600771)
Not really. As oil grows scarcer it becomes more expensive to extract, regardless of whether you own the mineral rights. At some point the price will rise high enough that it's cheaper to substitute other goods for petroleum. For example liquid hydrocarbons can be manufactured using the Fischer–Tropsch process.

There are no comments on this comment yet.