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07-01-07, 04:30 AM | #1 | |
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Future of Iraq: The spoils of war
How the West will make a killing on Iraqi oil riches
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07-01-07, 11:01 AM | #2 |
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Time to find an other energy source, methinks.
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07-01-07, 11:04 AM | #3 |
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07-01-07, 12:18 PM | #4 |
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For most other technologies I would say that the government should just stand aside and let private business and industry lead the way. It's worked for the internet so far, and non-government standardization bodies like the IEEE and ISO have done a pretty good job of making things work. But in this instance the government needs to mandate foreign oil and natural gas independence. Not just by setting a date and saying this is when you'll stop using petroleum, but by working with the industries that use petrochemicals and funding research to develop alternatives. Oil isn't just used for fuel, it is also the feedstock for synthetic plastics, pharmaceuticals, food additives, fertilizers and pesticides, and half a million other things we can't live without. Just switching the transportation industry over to ethanol or battery electric power won't solve this problem (though it would be a big step in the right direction). So alternative synthetic chemical feedstocks need to be developed as well.
This isn't about the environment or about reducing fuel costs, it's about national security. To that end the government must work with the oil companies or else they'll oppose this transition at every turn. It can't be helped if doing so will raise a stink with Greenpeace or whoever; if the oil companies aren't part of the solution then they're part of the problem and they must be invited to participate. |
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07-01-07, 06:37 PM | #6 |
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07-01-07, 06:55 PM | #7 |
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I will start paying attention to your anti us rants when YOU quit driving a car or heating your room.
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07-01-07, 07:03 PM | #8 | |
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The intelligent and mentally healthy segments of society have already discovered and evaluated all the practical sources of energy and no government "push" will change anything. Unfortunately there will always be a large segment of the population that are just too stupid to understand this. |
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07-01-07, 07:19 PM | #10 | |
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Try again >>>>>>>>>>>><<<<<<<<<<< OH btw, you do know why they call it hydro-electricity right? Ever seen the doco Enron, the smartest man in the room? |
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08-01-07, 07:10 PM | #11 |
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You don't have a car? I guess that could be.
You live in the north and don't have heat? Bullshit.
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09-01-07, 03:27 AM | #12 | |
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Get your head out of your arse... Maple trees are sapping like crazy Migratory birds are here 3 month in advance The lawns are still green in Montreal right now if you didn't know this little fact. No need to heat so far, we barely had 3 days below freezing temp. like I said previously, try again >>>>>>>>>>>><<<<<<<<<<<< |
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09-01-07, 11:33 AM | #13 |
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70 degress here and sunny on saturday (21c). the all time high. it's the jet-stream they say. no-one's blaming global warming but no one's ever seen weather like this either. including me. nothing even close. the polar bear club held a silent protest on the beach. this time of year i'd be blowing soap bubbles outside and watching them shatter like glass after freezing instantly. instead trees are budding prematurely and i'm outdoors without a coat. it's disturbing on a huge scale.
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09-01-07, 07:33 PM | #14 |
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[quote=miss_silver;251925]Nicobie
Get your head out of your arse... QUOTE] My ass is not even close to being big enough for my head. I have a tight & skinny butt. However, I feel that no matter how inflated your head is, it will easily slip into your supersized (hehe) posterior. (And for god's sake, I don't need pics either.)
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How Nic would look.
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Oil prices are dropping because less heating oil is being used and that's pissing off opec. Municipal snow clearing budgets are going unspent. More wild animals will survive the winter in the forests. Oh the horrors of global warming!!! |
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10-01-07, 11:37 AM | #19 |
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hahaha
it's Harby ,has come back to haunt us 4:30 in the morning and I am sitting around in my shorts and tshirt with all the doors and windows open it's beautiful 30.4C (86.72F) outside in a few hours it's going to be so stinking hot probably 3-4 degrees more than they are predicting but being this warm this early in the morning is a bit freaky |
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