Posted by Mutley on 01/16/31 11:46

"Bernie Woodham" <birnhamwood@insightbb.com> wrote:

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>"Sam Spade" <Sam@coldmail.com> wrote in message
>news:sto5g.174981$bm6.60120@fed1read04...
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>> And, once (actually if) the US doesn't need middle eastern old will
>> Europe, India, Japan, China, Korea, Australia, et al, sudden follow us to
>> cause the middle east to become like Africa?
>
>Actually this is the best question I've read in this thread.
>
>If the US can quickly develop and change over into ethanol/electric hybrids
>that plugin to the grid, our need for oil would be drastically cut.
>
>India and China are the two big up and comers.
>
>In ten years we are supposed to start feeling the effects of global warming.
>If this is still science fiction for you, there's not much that can be said
>to you. But once these effects are felt, China and India are going to see
>the need to find an alternative. More pressure will be put on them than has
>been put on the US, because the effects will cause greater urgency
>internationally.
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>So, if the US takes the lead in developing this technology, the world will
>once again resent us for their indebtedness to us.
>
>But global warming is the biggie that is going to make the difference. Far
>more than prices.
>

And you believe that the cause of global warming is.......?

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