David Brin wrote: > > Oil prices skyrocket (AND THAT > serves saudi interests far better than Kerry's > position IN THEORY that he would emphasize > conservation over new domestic exploration). > I think it doesn't: the saudis really don't want the oil prices to become too high, because high oil prices makes it economically viable _other_ sources of energy that they can't control. It even makes it economically viable to explore oil in the moon - or in deep waters that would look as far as the moon, back in 1973.
Unfortunately [for me :-)] I think the oil prices won't be kept this high for a long time. And if they keep, the first country to break up into a civil war will be China. Alberto Monteiro _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
