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Pastimes : The New Qualcomm - write what you like thread.
QCOM 157.80+0.9%Jan 22 3:59 PM EST

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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (8613)1/11/2008 9:07:26 AM
From: Dennis Roth  Read Replies (1) of 12252
 
Indeed, when Alfred Wegener proposed his theory of continental drift the oil industry sponsored a special symposium on November 15, 1926 by American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) specifically in opposition to the continental drift hypothesis.
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The oil industry was funding 'Continental Drift Deniers' in 1926 just as they have more recently 'Global Warming Deniers' in order to avoid their culpability for it.

>> I will not mention the San Andreas fault which of course is also propelled by the process. <<

Chevron starts drilling in 1879 in Pico Canyon, California and bang, a few years later the San Andreas fault slips causing the San Francisco earthquake of 1906. When will Chevron be made to pay?
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