From: Eeyore on


jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote:

> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> >The last thing I'd fancy after a long flight is shopping !
>
> I observed this behaviour when we went to China. Our tour
> groups were upper middle class people. We arrived at the
> Great Wall and the shopaholics turned left to go into the
> store while we turned right to go on the Great Wall and walk
> a little bit of it. These people never saw the Great Wall.
>
> They went half-way around the world and didn't even bother to
> look at a remarkable feat of the human species.

Americans ???

Graham

From: Eeyore on


jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote:

> I listen to people and their stories rather than cite an
> anonymous survey put out by the government.

What 'anonymous survey' ?

Graham

From: Eeyore on


jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote:

> I am not talking about oil becoming uncompetitive. I am talking
> about oil suddenly becoming unavailable. That should be a
> scenario considered by all heads of state, not just the US.

It's not going to happen short of nuclear war.

Graham

From: jmfbahciv on
In article <eiashg$drm$1(a)news-int2.gatech.edu>,
david.bostwick(a)chemistry.gatech.edu (David Bostwick) wrote:
>In article <5oshk217oi02qvuhp0g8vmbi3turugqrjg(a)4ax.com>, Jonathan Kirwan
<jkirwan(a)easystreet.com> wrote:
>>On Wed, 01 Nov 2006 15:33:26 GMT, <lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>
>>><snip>
>>>>>You can't keep attributions straight, neither can you keep
>>>>>the people you're talking to straight. I never refused to
>>>>>read the article. All your arguments are similarly confused.
>>>>
>>>> Saddam killed well over a million.
>>>
>>>Evidence, please.
>>>
>>>Eric Lucas
>>
>>It's just interesting that the argument is about who is worse, Saddam
>>or Bush. Maybe we can compare between Hitler and Bush, too?
>>
>>Note:
>>http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=viewArticle&code=MOR20061029&
art
>>icleId=3618
>>
>>Jon
>
>Godwin alert.

Not really. It's a tactic that the Democrats started in the
House and the comparison is now used by the common people.
This is one sound byte that can be easily traced back.

/BAH
From: Eeyore on


jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote:

> "MooseFET" <kensmith(a)rahul.net> wrote:
> >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote:
> >> In article <4qnbicFo0aioU1(a)individual.net>,
>
> >> >China is massively investing in coal liquefaction plants.
> >>
> >> When I was there in the 80s, their economy was based
> >> on all coal. ARe they working on development autos that
> >> can run on coal tar?
> >
> >No, they are working on making liquid fuel for cars out of coal. They
> >aren't changing the cars. They are changing the coal.
> >
> OK. I found a book on the world's coal reserves at the dump.
> I'll try to find it in my piles of books and take a look.
>
> How much energy does it take to turn coal into a liquid
> combustible fuel that can be used by today's engine designs?

Ask Sasol. They've been doing it for ages.
http://www.sasol.com/sasol_internet/frontend/navigation.jsp?navid=1&rootid=1
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fischer-Tropsch_synthesis

Graham