David Brin wrote: > >> 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 > > Alberto... like worrying about John Keery's preferece > for conservation over drilling, this is extrapolating > too far. > Is it? :-)
> The fact is thet RIGHT NOW our money is > pouring into the Riyadh princes' Swiss bank accounts > at rates that would make a horde of insatiable > vampires howl in envy. The secret energy meetings of > Cheney in 2001 are now bearing fruit. > According to statistics provided by Dan Minete, this money is irrelevant to the USA economy - which I can interpret two ways: (a) the price of oil is irrelevant -or- (b) the numbers of the GDP do not have any similarity with reality, and should be divided by 100 or 1000 to be more realistic. Alberto Monteiro _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
