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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH

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To: DuckTapeSunroof who wrote (361751)	2/20/2003 2:58:27 PM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (1) of 769670

I do not know how you calculate the energy efficiency of "sweated labor" versus machines. If the cheap labor ever diminishes in supply, and one has to pay a living wage, then there goes the advantage. Right now, a lot of agriculture requiring stoop labor would be hard hit by the provision of wages sufficient to raise a family by American standards, and depend on the indentured servitude of illegal immigrants. As for manure and biomass fertilizers, it may be that they are superior, I only wonder why their comparative cheapness has not been compelling to farmers themselves. If the oil is cheap, then it is more efficient. If it does not depend on exploitative labor practices, it is more humane. How it will be in the future is difficult to predict, since we are still testing the potential of petroleum alternatives, and of increased fuel efficiency motors. I agree on bio- tech.......

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