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To: NOW who wrote (67384)2/13/2001 5:57:02 PM
From: NOW  Respond to of 436258
 
"There was, by the way, one time when more money did directly result in more energy. In China, during the late 1940s, the inflation rate got so high that paper money became the cheapest form of fuel (it was more cost-effective to burn paper money than to burn coal)."

Steve Saville



To: NOW who wrote (67384)2/14/2001 11:56:11 AM
From: pater tenebrarum  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 436258
 
thanks...the point he is making on energy is very important: success in reliquefication equals coming energy shortages...it's really that simple.