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We now pull oil out from under kilometers of sea and seabed. We do that not for the challenge, but rather because the days of sticking a pipe in the ground and having the black gold geyser up out of it are long over.

Basically, we consume the oil that is cheapest to get to. And right now some of the cheapest oil to get to is under kilometers of sea and seabed.

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What does this have to do with my question about where this claim was first made?

You sound like you found it more important that the source of the claim be found, than the conclusion of those resources not being as easily available. Barring the idea that anyone can look at facts and come to an conclusion of their own instead if it always needing to be a quote. Weird take.

I'm sorry, I mistook you for someone from the generation that was capable of witnessing the situation and drawing their own conclusions. You are correct, I did fail to link to a person who has written the conclusion on their blog, all ready for citation.

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