On Thu, 12 Jul 2001, Jim Elwell wrote:
> My secretary ... purchased for me a 375 mL can of pop ...
> canned in Saudi Arabia ...
> ...
> P.S. What a world we live in where someone can economically bottle
> soda pop then ship it half way around the world and sell it!
And the main content is probably energy-expensive desalinated holy water.
Teradollars in oil revenues can subsidize many things besides terrorism!
It would be wonderful if we could recruit a Saudi prince to fund
metrication. Do we know any Saudi prince who was educated in science
or engineering in the US, who now has even mere G$ for worthy causes?
