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To: Krowbar who wrote (69517)	12/31/1999 12:43:00 AM
From: greenspirit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

Del, you're good guy, I like you a lot, but trust me on this bud...You are obsessed with religion! Just one mans humble opinion. One man who happens to have read, in the last 3 years, at least a thousand posts of yours regarding religion. Michael

To: Krowbar who wrote (69517)	12/31/1999 2:15:00 AM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

Hi Del, sorry I didn't respond to your question. I think I read it when I wasn't feeling like talking. And I guess I had to think about it. I have an image in my mind of what Christ must have been like, as a person. Regardless of whether or not he was the Messiah, or part of the Holy Trinity, I believe he was a person who lived about 2000 years ago, who preached a philosophy/religion that is worthy of emulation. If we all lived like Christ, the world would be a better place. So he fits with Kant's categorical imperative, and pretty much every other definition of right living/right thinking/right action I am aware of. So I look at the Old Testament, which is a collection of works by many men, over a long period of time, and I ask myself, "is what I read consistent with the teachings of Christ?" And, if it's not, I reject it. I admit that it's not just Christ I want to emulate. There are many people who clearly saw the difference between right and wrong, who strived to live accordingly. I guess it's easiest with Christ because we don't really know anything bad about him, whereas with, say, John Stuart Mill or Mark Twain or H.L. Mencken, we know the bad stuff, or at least a lot of it. That's the long answer. The short answer is that I let my conscience be my guide.

To: Krowbar who wrote (69517)	12/31/1999 2:28:00 AM
From: Krowbar	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 108807

The most accurate predictions for the new millennium, by Del Kroupa. Despite continued denial by the Republicans and wrong wing, it will be recognized by all thinking people that global warming is real, and mostly caused by human activity. In 10 years, or less, cars will be powered by direct methanol fuel cells (DMFC, learn the lingo because it will be as common as the Internet is now), not Ballard type proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells. There will not be more than a few hydrogen "filling stations". They will be unnecessary and dangerous. You will fill up with methane, just like you fill up with gas, but get far more mileage between fill-ups. You will not just pee when you need to fill up on long trips, unless you can hold it for 14 hours. There will be an electric motor mounted right in the wheels. You will get performance like you never had before on slippery roads, ice and snow. You will wonder why you ever wanted to fight the progress that the thinking people are making to solve the warming problem. Nearly all of the flare-off gas at oil wells will be converted to methanol, thus eliminating another greenhouse gas. Garbage will be turned to methanol. Pig, dairy, and cattle farms will produce electricity from the manure, greatly reducing another problem. Car maintenance will be almost zero. Those who don't drive over 100 miles a day will elect to have a pure electric, that they charge nightly at home. It will be common for houses to have natural gas, or propane for rural, fuel cells powering their homes. Those that don't will be asking those forward thinking enough that do, if they could please stay at their warm house, the next time there is a 3 day power outage in the middle of Winter. The air will be much cleaner, and the economy will be much better off. People will wonder why they ever listened to the Republicans and wrong wing agginners on the environment. Twenty years from now, nobody will acknowledge that they agreed with them. The American big 3 automakers will keep pretending that they are working on the problem by showing prototype cars at auto shows to make them feel better, while the Japanese actually build and sell them. The big 3 will be left in the dust, just as they were when the Japanese came out with fuel efficient compact cars, while they insisted that Americans want 7 m.p.g. road ships. Those that are wise enough to take this post seriously will prosper by investing in those companies that are forward thinking enough to solve the global warming problem. There will be 1 billion fewer people on Earth in 2017 than there is now. It will be due to war, disease, famine, or any combination of them. My stock picks. MHTX ITKG ENER DPH UQM PLUG GE GLE(Toronto exchange) Disagree with me at your own peril. Print this out, put it in an envelope in a drawer, and open it in 2010. Be careful about disagreeing with me. I may print those posts out for future reference. Del (:o\|) <me Note: this is the first time I revealed my picture here. Until now miss penni was the only one who really knew what I looked like.