] At current rates of production, there were 40.6 years of ] consumption covered by proven reserves in 2002, the latest ] data available, according to the Wall Street Journal. ] ] The newspaper, citing the BP Statistical Review, said ] that in 1989, there were 44.7 years left of consumption. ] ] "[A shortage] will probably happen in the next 10 to 20 ] years," Professor David Goodstein, a physicist at the ] California Institute of Technology, told CNNfn. hrm... As prices rise, concerns grow about world oil supplies |