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“We’re using something on the order of 85 million barrels a day and it’s going to be difficult, in my view, to get that up much. We’ll use less eventually — it is a finite resource — so the real question is how well we anticipate that situation.” If we’re not ready, look for oil prices to spike. Buffett suggests embracing electric vehicles as a way to ween ourselves off fossil fuels.