Todd, thanks for the humor. You made my day!! On Fri, 3 Jan 2003, Appal Energy wrote:
> Aye, but it's not just the oil prices that are going to freak > people out at the pumps or when paying the tab for home heating > oil. > > Have an ailing airline industry tetering on the brink? Higher > fares = less customers which equals increased tailspin. > > Have a struggling economy and a president who hopes to blue > blazes consumers go out and buy, buy, buy? Not on your life if > the cost of goods start going up as a result of increase fuel > costs. Which equals another tailspin on consumer purchases. > > Fewer purchases = more layoffs. More layoffs = fewer purchases. > > Have a war being staged in the wings that will inevitably disrupt > oil economics, especially when already in a destabilized price > escalation mode? > > Well gee Rummy! Maybe we should hold off a bit on the moral > imperitive (or was that "oil imperitive") so we can keep our poll > ratings stablized. > > Jimmy Carter is probably shaking his head in amazement at how > stupidly repetetive all this continues to be, decade after > decade. > > Fireside chat with G.W. Shrub anyone? Hopefully he'll wear > something a little more functional than a golf sweater. Maybe > he'll even reinstall those solar collectors atop the White House > that uncle Ronny had removed right after his election in 1980. > > At times like this, perhaps the world should be thankful for how > Florida turned over so that the ignorance of US oil/foreign > policy can be magnified enough for even the most near sighted. > > Todd Swearingen > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: murdoch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <biofuel@yahoogroups.com> > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <biofuels-biz@yahoogroups.com> > Sent: Friday, January 03, 2003 9:44 PM > Subject: [biofuels-biz] oil @ $33 per barrel > > > > > http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/dowjones/20030103/ > bs_dowjones/200301031651000359 > > > > Nothing special in this article, just linking it for the > > price-reference. It is interesting to see Venezuela > exacerbating the > > situation (as though a gulf war wouldn't already drive prices > up). > > > > Not mentioned is the issue of the Strategic Reserve. I hope > that the > > price of oil goes up because the sooner we see some of the > reality of > > our importation needs, the better. But, on the issue of the > reserve, > > my recollection is I read an article a few weeks ago wondering > aloud > > if President Bush would tap into it if a war came and claiming > that > > arguably an error by his father had been to not go into it soon > enough > > during the previous Gulf War. > > > > I hope this President keeps making the same error. In a way > it's > > understandable. I warship or an F-16 can't exactly wage war > without > > some oil. > > > > In the long run, it'll be best for the States, I think, to > understand > > the consequences of our oil setup. What's good for Exxon-Mobil > is not > > necessarily the same thing as what's good for citizens of The > United > > States. > > > > This article seems to have looked at the reserve question last > week: > > > > > http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20021230/bs_nm/ > energy_congress_dc_4 > > > > > > > > Biofuels at Journey to Forever > > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Biofuel at WebConX > > http://webconx.green-trust.org/2000/biofuel/biofuel.htm > > List messages are archived at the Info-Archive at NNYTech: > > http://archive.nnytech.net/ > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to > http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Sponsor > ADVERTISEMENT > HGTV Dream Home Giveaway > > Biofuels at Journey to Forever > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > Biofuel at WebConX > http://webconx.green-trust.org/2000/biofuel/biofuel.htm > List messages are archived at the Info-Archive at NNYTech: > http://archive.nnytech.net/ > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. > Biofuels at Journey to Forever http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel at WebConX http://webconx.green-trust.org/2000/biofuel/biofuel.htm List messages are archived at the Info-Archive at NNYTech: http://archive.nnytech.net/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
