Kevin - but maybe not $3 for long we have farmers moaning about hard times well, there's ethanol and bio-diesel both could not only reduce our dependence on imported oil but help the farmers and local communities
Calif. refiners could benefit by having a local source for the ethanol to blend in and meet the clean air rules. Sounds like a win-win... -Ben > -----Original Message----- > From: Kevin Schmidt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, April 08, 2002 1:09 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Bush's Mid East Policy > > > You tell that to the people who would be paying $3 a gallon > at the pump! > > I agree though we need to lesson our dependence on foreign oil and > exploring options at home and with Russia is a good idea. I > also think > we should be look at alternative sources of energy. While I doubt I > will see it in my lifetime, we will run out of oil eventually. :) > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Howard Owens [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, April 08, 2002 3:06 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Bush's Mid East Policy > > One reason I don't fear a complete break of relations with > Saudi Arabia, > Iraq, Iran ... any of them ... is that there are plenty of sources of > oil elsewhere now. Between our own reserves, Russia and > elsewhere, along > with growing alternative sources here (which we need to step up and > improve), the OPEC nations would hurt themselves more than us > by cutting > off supplies. > > H. > > > ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- > from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael Dinowitz) > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > date: Mon, 08 Apr 2002 12:37:05 -0400 > > >There exists a RPG called Cyberpunk written by a psychic named Mike > Pondsmith. He wrote a time line in it that has almost all > come true. One > of the things he added was a group called SovOil, which was a > soviet oil > company that tapped the vast reserves in Siberia. If America ever got > its act together with Russia and tapped into those reserves then we'de > be free of the middle east. The soviets understand cash and have no > religious obligations against infidels. > > > >At 12:05 PM 4/8/02, you wrote: > >>Regarding the oil issue, it will be interesting to see what Russia > does this spring/summer. Putin has already bucked OPEC by increasing > production when they were cutting. They've (OPEC) already > vowed to cut > production through spring and most likely into summer. I'm going to > make a prediction here that Bush and Putin will have another > meeting out > at the ranch sometime this spring and then when summer comes > and OPEC is > cutting production, Putin will increase production to offset > OPEC. Just > a hunch. > >> > >>Michael Corrigan > >>Programmer > >>Endora Digital Solutions > >>1900 Highland Avenue, Suite 200 > >>Lombard, IL 60148 > >>630-627-5055 ext.-136 > >>630/627-5255 Fax > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: Michael Dinowitz > >> To: CF-Community > >> Sent: Monday, April 08, 2002 10:56 AM > >> Subject: RE: Bush's Mid East Policy > >> > >> > >> Thats the problem. Here's the situation. Bush says that terrorism > must stop and any harboring a terrorist is a terrorist. > Arafat has said > in arabic that he supports the suicide attacks and tons of indicators > over the years support accusations that he's a terrorist. By > bush's own > words, America should be attacking arafat, not Israel. But when Israel > is attacked daily, his words to them are to show restraint and don't > retaliate. > >> So eventually, Israel says enough. They go in and take down the > terrorist structure, capturing hundreds of thousands of dollars (and > shekels) of counterfeit money, weapons, documents, etc. The rate of > suicide bombings have dropped to nill with the few who are trying > getting caught. The operation is a success with a minimum loss of life > (despite accusations of massacres, the only dead seems to be the > fighters). This success has upset the arab world again. Israel isn't > supposed to win. They never were. Their very existence > disrupts the arab > ideal of superiority. > >> So what happens? The arabs yell, their allies (the > europeans) yell, > the people who care about arafat but don't care about Jewish > blood yell > and Bush flip flops. He demands that Israel pull back. Israel > says in so > many words, "screw off". So we're at an impasse. America wants to keep > good relations with our pushers (we snort oil), our pushers > are rattling > their sabres that they'll cut off our drug (but if they do they die as > well as we prop them up), and America backs down. Of course, only one > pusher has rattled his sabre, but we're afraid others may as well. > >> > >> > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
