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I just believe in long term investments.
Solar hydrogen fueling station
Tom Brosz
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The View From The Summit of the Petroleum Curve
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jms
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2/25/2004 12:31:19 AM
Difference between discovery curves and production curves
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jms
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2/27/2004 1:51:43 AM
The article doesn't really say that
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ebnelson
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2/25/2004 4:47:55 AM
only from the headline on down
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jms
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2/25/2004 6:36:29 AM
Only if you don't read it. Don't forget:the NYT is lying to you
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ebnelson
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2/26/2004 2:29:23 AM
Everyone is lying to me, it comes from the top.
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jms
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2/26/2004 5:40:52 AM
No, just the NYT. SA has vast proven reserves untouched.
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ebnelson
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2/26/2004 1:53:18 PM
NYT article on Saudi Arabia...SA = Saudi Arabia.
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ebnelson
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2/27/2004 4:17:17 AM
Thanks. If you read below you;ll see that I found that out - and you're still wrong....
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Tony
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2/27/2004 7:47:14 PM
Time will tell, chicken little/howard ruff/club of rome/etc.
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ebnelson
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2/28/2004 10:14:07 AM
SA? As in South Africa?
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Tony
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2/26/2004 3:11:40 PM
I suspect he meant Saudi Arabia
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Larry J
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2/26/2004 8:32:41 PM
D'oh
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Tony
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2/26/2004 9:32:34 PM
But his point remains
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Larry J
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2/26/2004 10:49:58 PM
ANWR Estimates and other stuff
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Tony
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2/27/2004 3:29:54 PM
Facts please, not sound bites...
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jms
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2/27/2004 1:48:37 AM
I suspect he meant South America, but how knows? It's ed.
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Bowser
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2/26/2004 8:44:06 PM
Wasn't it Jimmy Carter....
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jms
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2/26/2004 2:59:07 PM
Of course, as always, drilling for new reserves is completely out of the question.
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Tom Brosz
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2/26/2004 6:39:28 AM
Which of course shows that in fact the problem is a failure of the will of the end-of-the-world faction
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ebnelson
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2/28/2004 10:17:21 AM
Actually, I am doing something about it.
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jms
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2/28/2004 10:40:49 PM
Actually that is very interesting
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ebnelson
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2/29/2004 4:49:30 PM
I agree with that.
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jms
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2/29/2004 7:35:03 PM
Bonus points for putting your money where your mouth is
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Tom Brosz
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2/29/2004 9:33:17 AM
I just believe in long term investments.
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jms
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2/29/2004 6:41:44 PM
Solar hydrogen fueling station
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Tom Brosz
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3/1/2004 7:57:15 AM
All we need is a 0.5% shortfall.
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Bowser
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2/25/2004 12:59:07 AM
Running on Empty
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S
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2/25/2004 3:48:09 AM
Grim. I didn't realize how grim.
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Bowser
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2/25/2004 4:25:41 AM
We're walking off of a cliff
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Gary
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2/25/2004 6:21:21 AM
Too Pessimistic. The future will be Magnificent!
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SDAI-Tech1
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2/25/2004 7:30:01 AM
re:And build a high speed train network!:)
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Raoul
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2/25/2004 6:45:28 AM
Lessee. If I am in the US, and my job is in India - A train?
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Bowser
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2/26/2004 1:58:51 AM
We are not French, we don't know how to build trains that work
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phil
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2/25/2004 5:57:30 PM
re: trains that work
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Tom Brosz
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2/25/2004 6:53:04 PM
Building a high speed network makes even more sense if you've got a big-ass country to get around in.
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Tony
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2/25/2004 9:07:34 PM
Relatively low population density makes high speed trains unviable in the US...
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Larry J
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2/25/2004 11:00:12 PM
Right. It's called airlines.
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gbaikie
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2/25/2004 9:24:37 PM
What are they going to use for kerosene?
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Gary
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2/26/2004 5:52:09 AM
re: What are they going to use for kerosene?
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gbaikie
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2/26/2004 10:03:48 PM
Which are great if you got over 200 miles to go. Otherwise, not worth the hassle....
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Tony
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2/25/2004 10:18:59 PM
Considering the aforementioned hassle, I'd bet that threshold number is higher than 200 miles.
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Tom Brosz
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2/26/2004 12:17:14 AM
re: trains that work
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gbaikie
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2/25/2004 7:58:21 PM
re: re:And build a high speed train network!:)
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Tom Brosz
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2/25/2004 6:52:09 AM
re: We do, Tom . . .
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D. Spires
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3/1/2004 9:44:15 PM
HabitableZone — be civil, or at least entertaining.