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Politics : About that Cuban boy, Elian -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: nealm who wrote (6593)	5/29/2000 12:37:00 AM
From: epicure	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 9127

I am an attorney, and before that I was a biologist. I asked a geologist to assess the oil reserves of Cuba. He does not think there is "lots" of oil in Cuba. Natural gas reserves deep offshore are a better bet for the Cubans. So- it was not purely conjecture. It was actually based on a bit of research (which is different than pure guesswork)- because I was interested enough to do research, and, of course, it is easy to do if you know how. I think "Cuba does not have lots of oil" is a much stronger conjecture than anything you have put forward- including your conjecture about my "conjecture" as well as your conjecture about my occupation. Are you really an EE?

To: nealm who wrote (6593)	5/29/2000 12:48:00 AM
From: Dayuhan	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 9127

The ability of Castro to do oil exploration and development is limited at best. Why? Well it didn't help that he nationalized all of the basic industries in Cuba when he took power. That gives those in the oil industry best suited to help, ZERO incentive to assist in development of those fields. Just as a point of information, the oil industry has never shown any hesitation when it comes to dealing with world leaders who have nationalized oil fields, with known sponsors of terrorism, or with practically anybody else. They've contrived ways to make money out of dealings with the Libyans, the Iranians, and many others. If the embargo on Iraq is lifted they will be holding hands with Saddam before the ink is dry on the documents. The only thing keeping them from developing Cuban oil - assuming that the deposits are economically viable - is the US embargo.