"And still, devoted stockholders cling to hope.
"One of these days the oil is going to come," he says. "And when it does, Ness' stock is going through the roof. I have no doubt that it will happen in God's perfect timing."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrBx8fdEZPk

I’m tired of being told I’m “addicted to oil,” when the country’s entire infrastructure is built on the automobile. I drive to and from work, to the grocery store, maybe a trip to the beach now and then, none of which I can do with public transportation, so what exactly is my addiction?

Good point, Clip on!

There is virtually no public transportation in rural area's where I live but it wasn't always that way. At the turn of the century there were electric street cars though out the whole city. You can still see the tracks when they repave the roads sometimes. Rail was abundant and towns were built by the jobs the railroad provided.