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Gee, Tony.... Why the long face?
DL
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2/17/2005 10:48:51 PM
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Energy projections, PBR reactors, transition times
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Davin :.
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2/16/2005 11:05:55 PM
Old Chestnuts and New Times
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Nick Hoffman
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2/20/2005 6:56:52 AM
Thanks!
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Tom Brosz
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2/20/2005 7:45:58 AM
Not that I agree with your long-term solutions...
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Tom Brosz
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2/20/2005 7:50:12 AM
Cabal...
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Nick Hoffman
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2/20/2005 8:23:52 AM
re: Cabal...
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Tom Brosz
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2/21/2005 5:05:39 AM
Excellent posts, Nick - thank you
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Fox
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2/20/2005 3:17:48 PM
And then there's this.
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Lee
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2/19/2005 7:47:23 AM
Fracing.
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jms
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2/18/2005 5:28:37 PM
Talk about synchronicity- anyopne catch the daily show today?
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Davin :.
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2/18/2005 4:27:07 AM
coal = geology's wheat ?
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jms
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2/18/2005 8:22:47 PM
Yeah, I bet 10-1 the guy was an economist
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Davin :.
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2/18/2005 9:47:31 PM
There is also always Methane Hydrates
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Davin :.
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2/17/2005 3:56:00 PM
re: There is also always Methane Hydrates
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gbaikie
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2/18/2005 5:31:48 AM
Wrong! You wrote: "Nuclear is the ONLY possible scalable technology out there"
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David F Mayer
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2/17/2005 11:02:21 AM
(1) We have been through all of this before
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Davin :.
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2/17/2005 2:56:36 PM
OK. We shall see what is the bigger producer of electric power in 2025.
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David F Mayer
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2/17/2005 5:38:06 PM
Are there any Sea Solar plants up and running yet?
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ebnelson
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2/18/2005 8:52:09 PM
Okay, sounds fine to me.
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Davin :.
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2/17/2005 7:23:53 PM
Go for it!
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Tom Brosz
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2/17/2005 6:04:57 PM
Singing my song
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jms
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2/17/2005 11:14:36 PM
The Goddamn Luddites
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David F Mayer
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2/17/2005 9:39:51 PM
Vertebrate mass - think first
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LJ
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2/18/2005 1:38:16 AM
WRONG!! Cattle are NOT vertebrates, as everyone knows they are insects, and furthermore they weigh, on average, about six ounces. The worlwide population of cattle is about 15... I know this because…
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DFM THE SECOND
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2/18/2005 8:49:07 AM
And sheep are INvertebrate fuzzy sea-cucumbers, we were going to use them to soak up the water splashed by throwing the cattle into the ocean... (also let me add that the MOAB is a 'surgical strike w…
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D--- F------ -Moron
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2/18/2005 9:19:28 AM
Throw insects in there and see what you get.
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Tom Brosz
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2/18/2005 1:49:22 AM
The secret trick word is "vertebrates."
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Tom Brosz
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2/18/2005 1:03:58 AM
Of course. The Insects rule the animal kingdom.
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David F Mayer
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2/18/2005 5:17:33 PM
I think Tom referred to the ocean, David.
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alcaray
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2/18/2005 5:57:58 PM
Not specifically. Was making the point that vertebrates are a minority of oxygen breathers.
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Tom Brosz
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2/18/2005 10:19:06 PM
Really? You used the word "where".
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alcaray
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2/19/2005 3:35:28 PM
Hmmm...
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Tom Brosz
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2/19/2005 5:32:33 PM
Made perfect sense that way, too.
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alcaray
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2/20/2005 1:36:38 AM
This is a thread that would benefit from Nick Hoffman
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ebnelson
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2/17/2005 7:02:43 AM
Thats the truth!
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Davin :.
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2/17/2005 2:29:17 PM
Nick avoids CE, try OT.
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jms
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2/17/2005 8:24:35 PM
You seem to write off Oil Sands pretty quickly
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ebnelson
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2/17/2005 7:00:26 AM
re: You seem to write off Oil Sands pretty quickly
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Davin :.
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2/17/2005 3:06:09 PM
Please enlighten me
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Gary
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2/17/2005 6:48:59 AM
A good article from the Colorado School of Mines
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Larry J
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2/17/2005 2:55:45 PM
re:If you are ever camping in NW Colorado
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jms
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2/17/2005 9:14:43 PM
Supposably the mine tailings are an issue
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Gary
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2/17/2005 4:14:46 PM
Speaking from knowledge...
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Nick Hoffman
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2/20/2005 7:22:41 AM
The article mentioned mine tailings
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Larry J
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2/17/2005 7:46:05 PM
Cool Source
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Davin :.
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2/17/2005 3:16:02 PM
I would also be concerned about possible contaimination...
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Larry J
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2/17/2005 7:32:06 PM
a good point as well
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Davin :.
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2/18/2005 2:54:08 PM
I'll do what I can!
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Davin :.
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2/17/2005 2:27:07 PM
Peaked, or close to it,
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jms
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2/17/2005 3:01:30 AM
jms: you remind me why I stick to this place
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Davin :.
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2/17/2005 4:10:19 AM
Something that would make everyone here happy: discovering uranium on Mars! ;)
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Tom Brosz
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2/17/2005 6:30:13 PM
re: sulfides would be cool.
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jms
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2/17/2005 8:25:59 PM
Thorium, eh?
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jms
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2/17/2005 4:42:33 AM
re: Thorium, eh?
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Davin :.
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2/17/2005 3:55:02 PM
100 bucks a claim a year.
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jms
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2/17/2005 8:00:53 PM
re: Thorium, eh?
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gbaikie
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2/17/2005 7:29:35 AM
re: Thorium, eh?
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jms
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2/17/2005 7:49:00 PM
What causes that?
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Gary
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2/17/2005 6:45:43 AM
re: What causes Thorium Vein deposits:
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jms
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2/17/2005 7:42:31 PM
Thank you
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Gary
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2/18/2005 4:17:25 PM
Uranium
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Tom Brosz
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2/17/2005 3:39:39 AM
re: Energy projections
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Tom Brosz
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2/17/2005 12:22:11 AM
Problem with you is you don't listen
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Tony
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2/17/2005 6:34:21 PM
re: Exploratory
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Tom Brosz
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2/17/2005 6:49:03 PM
3 part answer
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Tony
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2/17/2005 7:46:49 PM
re: 3 part answer
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Tom Brosz
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2/17/2005 8:33:05 PM
Alaska?
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Tony
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2/17/2005 8:40:57 PM
re: new areas
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Tom Brosz
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2/18/2005 1:21:21 AM
It's not just aesthetics
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Tony
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2/18/2005 5:55:00 PM
California Beaches
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Nick Hoffman
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2/20/2005 7:54:36 AM
Tom can't think outside the box.
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Davin :.
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2/17/2005 9:44:03 PM
grrrr. lets see if the ascii art comes out better here
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Davin :.
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2/17/2005 9:46:09 PM
the PRE tag is your friend
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Tony
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2/17/2005 9:47:27 PM
:-p *pthhhht!*
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DL
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2/17/2005 10:05:16 PM
You're working too hard.
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Tom Brosz
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2/18/2005 1:08:19 AM
LOL!!!!
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Davin :.
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2/18/2005 2:16:36 AM
re: LOL!!!!
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Tom Brosz
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2/18/2005 2:44:02 AM
re: :-p *pthhhht!*
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Tony
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2/17/2005 10:24:08 PM
notepad combined with pre tag is your best friend
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SDG
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2/18/2005 8:58:33 PM
Gee, Tony.... Why the long face?
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DL
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2/17/2005 10:48:51 PM
The answer is...
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Tom Brosz
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2/17/2005 6:55:03 PM
That's not the answer
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Tony
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2/17/2005 7:52:24 PM
Renewable Alternatives To Oil Viable At $60/barrel
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Mark Eby
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2/17/2005 2:22:59 AM
The projections that I have seen are a little higher, say $100 per barrel
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David F Mayer
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2/18/2005 5:31:06 PM
Biodiesel
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ebnelson
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2/17/2005 7:05:20 AM
re: Alternatives
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Tom Brosz
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2/17/2005 3:38:28 AM
the 'running out for many many years' myth
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Davin :.
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2/17/2005 1:04:57 AM
Uh No
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Mark Eby
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2/17/2005 2:31:06 AM
see reply to tom above
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Tony
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2/17/2005 6:36:04 PM
like that's a useful direction
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ID
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2/18/2005 3:02:55 PM
it was when I made it
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PPD
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2/18/2005 3:48:01 PM
There is a GIGO issue in this
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ebnelson
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2/17/2005 7:10:28 AM
'Uh No!' Sounds like a teenager. Should I go: 'Well Duh!' back to you?
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Davin L.
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2/17/2005 4:06:13 AM
3
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Mark Eby
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2/20/2005 8:13:57 PM
That doesn't include the effect of China's economic emergence
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Gary
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2/17/2005 4:24:27 PM
Yeah, you are most likely right
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Davin :.
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2/17/2005 4:52:21 PM
re: the 'running out for many many years' myth
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Tom Brosz
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2/17/2005 2:00:36 AM
P.S. on source caveats:
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Tom Brosz
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2/17/2005 2:15:23 AM
HabitableZone — be civil, or at least entertaining.