Because they had enough sense to drill for oil in their back yard. Don't
forget that. They've purposely destroyed their entire environment just so
their people could live like kings and queens.

It's phenomenally short-sighted to think drilling locally is a good idea,
it's not. Given the rapidly declining oil reserves world-wide it's FAR
BETTER to buy oil from overseas NOW and bleed them dry. Sure, you boost
their local economies, but that'll crash and burn HARD once their oil runs
out. By then we'll have engineered our own superior solutions and continue
to march forward.

On Nov 23, 7:20�am, "Bill Kearney" wkearney-99@hot-mail-com wrote:
Because they had enough sense to drill for oil in their back yard. Don't
forget that. They've purposely destroyed their entire environment just so
their people could live like kings and queens.

It's phenomenally short-sighted to think drilling locally is a good idea,
it's not. �Given the rapidly declining oil reserves world-wide it's FAR
BETTER to buy oil from overseas NOW and bleed them dry. �Sure, you boost
their local economies, but that'll crash and burn HARD once their oil runs
out. �By then we'll have engineered our own superior solutions and continue
to march forward.

There is mounting concern that many of the countries who sell us oil
but hate our guts (and there's a long list) may be stockpiling cash
for a financial assault on the American economy.

Think of the damage that even a 100 billion dollars, used without
regard to whether it would ever be recovered, could do to the US
securities market.....the chain reaction throughout the economy could
be catastrophic. The people who hate our guts know that trying to
bring America down by defeating the military is almost
impossible....but destroying the country by first destroying the
economy is a little more doable.

On Fri, 23 Nov 2007 10:20:55 -0500, "Bill Kearney"
wkearney-99@hot-mail-com wrote:

Because they had enough sense to drill for oil in their back yard. Don't
forget that. They've purposely destroyed their entire environment just so
their people could live like kings and queens.

It's phenomenally short-sighted to think drilling locally is a good idea,
it's not. Given the rapidly declining oil reserves world-wide it's FAR
BETTER to buy oil from overseas NOW and bleed them dry. Sure, you boost
their local economies, but that'll crash and burn HARD once their oil runs
out. By then we'll have engineered our own superior solutions and continue
to march forward.

Well, that would imply that Norway isn't the super deal a few here have
made it out to be.
--
John H

Chuck Gould wrote:
On Nov 21, 4:58�pm, "Del Cecchi"
wrote:
"Chuck Gould" wrote in message

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Even those of us who usually burn B20 are still using 80% dino-diesel.
Most of the crude oil the refiners use to create gasoline and diesel
comes from places that are explicitly unfriendly to the US, (and
according to the following article the Bush Administration is
concerned that some of those sources are bankrolling huge amounts of
capital for an eventual destabilizing financial assualt on the US
economy. It's not too late for Russia or China to win the final battle
in the Cold War).
However, also acording to the following article there is a source for
crude oil that takes a very enlightened approach to using its oil
wealth. The citizens of this country earn a per capita income (not
"family income", but per capita) of $65,509 per year, spend a maximum
of $200 per yar for health care, are in better physical shape and
enjoy a longer life expectancy than most Americans.
I hope that the next time I buy fuel, the crude oil comes from Norway.
(Probably won't, though).
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/n...ay_hundley_bdn...
You don't get much health care for 200 dollars per year. �Laundering it
through the government or paying for it with oil revenue instead of
distributing the revenue to the people doesn't mean you aren't spending
it. �What is the per capita spending on health care?- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

The rest of the health care is paid for with tax dollars. As Bill P
posted above, the Norwegians make enough money to pay the higher taxes
and still have just a whisker more per-capita "spending money" than
the average US resident.


The Norwegians also enjoy almost free college education for their kids,
and if they are injured on the job and can no longer do the job for
which they have been trained, the government will subsidize them long
enough to learn a new profession. And no, it is nothing like the crappy
bit of workers' comp we have here.