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To: milo_morai who wrote (131179)	1/31/2001 9:42:42 AM
From: Windsock	Respond to of 1571373

Milo - Re:"Clinton/Gore haven't done anything but give money away to foreign soils. Name just one Energy Product they did that was worthwhile." Under the Dems, the US government was not a branch office of the Oil Industry. Under the Bushies, this will change and the White House becomes the Washington headquarters for Big Oil. Cheney who made millions at Haliburton using his government connections as former Secretary of Defense will lead the Oil Industry task force. Whatever happened to those Haliburton stock options that Cheney held? Does he still have them or will he have to wait for his pay off until after he leaves office?

To: milo_morai who wrote (131179)	1/31/2001 4:51:54 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1571373

Ted, who do you think is in charge of BPA? Come on. Who do you think grants the right of way for Nat. Gas and Oil Pipelines? Clinton/Gore haven't done anything but give money away to foreign soils. Name just one Energy Product they did that was worthwhile. Milo, I understand what you are saying but the real problem is not a shortage of energy overall. Yes, CA is short but there is energy to be bought on the open market. The problem is is that CA utilities can't afford to buy the energy because the state of CA, not the US, froze the rate that their utilities can charge their customers at, I think, 1996 rates. However, oil and natural gas prices have gone up since 1996 and slowly but surely the utilities have depleted their $$$ reserves. Of course, complicating matters further is that the State of CA has not approved a new power plant since the early '80's. So a third pipeline or whatever the BPA could do is not a real solution in this case. ted