Reminder.

Oil tops $80 a barrel, an all-time high
New record for crude as government reports big drop in supplies; Alaska production slowdown, Gulf storms add to worries.

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nearly all of our food comes from petruleum based fertizler and mechanized farming - and usually from the far side of the country or planet - if you don't buy from a farmer's market, chances are your lettuce is being trucked from 1500 miles away.

If oil REALLY becomes scarce, guess what, those nuts up in Vermont won't look so nutty anymore.