Subj : Re: Lookin' for oil To : Deuce From : Finnigann Date : Thu Sep 01 2005 10:01:00 -=> Deuce wrote to Finnigann <=- De> Re: Re: Lookin' for oil De> By: Finnigann to Deuce on Wed Aug 31 2005 15:07:00 > De> It's how South Africa got pretty much ALL of their diesel for the whole > De> time the embargoes were in place. > > Yhe USA is the largest user of oil. Much of our transportation uses diesel > fuel. Many homes are heated with deisel fuel oil. Top it off, we have very f > plants that could handle the transformation. > > Why not put 'those' efforts into seeking a renewable source that is clean an > abundant? De> Because, doing so won't keep houses warm, food in the supermarkets etc. De> You need to keep what you have at least until you have something De> better. Putting efforts into looking for something may result in De> finding a solution... but it may not and people will go hungry and/or De> cold. Your replies sound as if you think I'm advocating the discontinued use of pertroleum. I am not. But it seems clear to me that we wont have a choice in the not too distant future. .... I like to learn from my mistakes (Why waste so many opportunities?) --- MultiMail/Win32 v0.46 .