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Original drawing of Saddam Hussein and Ayatollah Khomeini sword fighting atop a barrel of oil.

Original drawing of dinosaurs submerged in an oil pit, one of them is leaning over a sinking car labeled "The Detroit Monster."

Original drawing of a gas station attendant wearing a shirt labeled "Major Oil Companies" as he gestures to the gas pump behind him that reads "No limit on prices", "Kill independent competitive dealers", "Alaska pipeline", "Beach spillage rights", "No more nonsense about ecology."

Original drawing of car at a gas station, beside it a store's window sign reads "Prices Slashed!". The gas attendant is already filling up the car as the passenger tells the driver to pull ahead and fill up the tank with a cheaper alternative.

Original drawing of a man in Middle Eastern garb sitting on top of an over-sized leaking barrel labeled "OPEC". Underneath it are multiple buckets, one reads "Midnight Sales" the other "Cut Rates". Standing besides the barrel is a man wearing a blazer labeled "The West."

Original drawing of two Middle Eastern men and a camel in what appears to be a sandstorm, in the foreground there is an oil barrel half buried.

Original drawing of a tattered military tank riddled with dents and bullet holes, Ayatollah Khomeini stands on top of the tank. A worried soldier looks up at him from the tank hull.

Original drawing of President Jimmy Carter walking with a box labeled "One-Man Rescue Kit" while a group of French me sit at a table drinking from a bottle labeled "Iran Oil."

Original drawing of two Israeli soldiers standing in an oil barrel over a fire.

Original drawing of a man in tattered clothing (The West) looking back at another man in Middle Eastern garb (OPEC) reaching into his back pocket with a hole.

Original drawing of two men sitting in a car at a gas station. In the background is another man pumping gas into the car.

This study developed a detailed truck traffic forecasting model with specific attention to truck movements related to oil development in the Bakken formation in eastern Montana and western North Dakota. Oil forecast scenarios as specified by Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) were analyzed to assess the differences in impacts under differing development scenarios. Locations of input sources were identified through industry websites, Departments of Transportation, and other regulatory bodies. Routes between aggregate well locations and input and output sources were estimated utilizing ESRI Network Analyst©. A series of capacity constrained optimization models were used to select the least cost set of routes for oil distribution in the region, and results were aggregated to the highway segment level. Traffic data provided by MDT was used to calibrate and validate the traffic forecasting model. Traffic forecasting results are presented in shapefile format, which allows the user to retrieve segment specific forecasts and display changes in traffic volumes over the analysis period.

Discusses legislative options for addressing the possibility of "peak oil", i.e., global production of conventional oil peaking and falling short of global demand in the relatively near future, leading to substantially higher prices and supply disruptions.

Original drawing of Iranian leader Sayyid Ruhollah Mūsavi Khomeini (also known as Ayatollah Khomeini) standing atop an over-sized barrel of oil spraying oil from a hose onto a fire. Inside the flames is the word, "Mobs." Cowering from the flames are two men in black suits.