From: Leland Jory (ljory@mts.net)
Date: Tue Jun 01 2004 - 15:52:42 BST
On May 31, 2004, at 21:24, Mark Steven Heyman wrote:
>> On May 31, 2004, at 20:15, Valuemetaphysics quoted:
>>
>> "America has its own hand in a coconut, one that may doom it just as
>> surely as the monkey. That coconut is its dependence on cheap oil in
>> a world where oil will soon come to an end. The choice we face
>> (whether to let the food go or hold onto it) is whether to wean
>> ourselves off of oil-to quickly evolve a new economy and a new basis
>> for civilization-or to continue to secure stable supplies from the
>> rest of the world by force."
Probably the best description I've read yet about this whole Iraq
situation. Bravo to Mr. Freeman for putting it so succinctly.
> msh says:
> I find a bit obscene the idea that we (the US, 4% of the world's
> population), after consuming 28% of the world's energy resources,
> year after for the last 50 or 60 years, should just go ahead and
> switch over to an alternate energy source and go about our merry way,
> leaving the rest of the world to be thankful that we didn't take it
> all by force. Mr. Freeman could use a dose of the MOQ, IMO.
I'm not sure as to your meaning here, msh. Does this mean you're
pro-oil or pro-alternate energy? Just curious so I can gauge the
meaning of your reply.
--
Leland Jory :^{)>
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away, I'm looking for the truth.' and so it goes away. Puzzling." -
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