At 10:37 PM 5/28/01 -0400, John D. Giorgis wrote:
>Doug wrote:
> >In general people don't know whether or not buying energy on
> >the spot market is a good or bad thing, that's normally the kind of
> >minutia that you expect the experts to deal with
>
>Dan wrote:
> >This line absolutely blew me away....
> > As far as I can see, that's just ecconomics 101.
>
>Hahahah! Gentlemen, we have agreement. :-)
>
>Seriously, how many people here even had Economics in High School? I know
>that New York State requires a 1/2 year of it, but AFAIK, NYS is fairly
>unique in that regard.
>
>My general guess is that most Americans would not do very well on an
>Economics 101 test. I wonder if someone has ever tried a national test
>on the issue.
>
>After all, this is the nation that in 1996, by a large plurality (if not
>majority) thought that Bill Clinton was more likely to cut taxes than Bob
>Dole. And IIRC, isn't this also the nation where half of us can't name
>the 4 oceans, or place Argentina on a map? (o.k., that's geography, and
>not economics, but still.....)
When I was in school*, I learned there were _seven_ seas. Did three of
them dry up? Is global warming to blame?
(*Yes, Pangaea had split up prior that time.)
-- Ronn! :)
