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To: Ilaine who wrote (7512)	10/25/2001 12:10:21 PM
From: LLLefty	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

sry but i think petition is nice gesture to underscore our outrage but unworkable, undoable and unrealistic. I say all this in admited utter ignorance about the movements of oil around the world except a memory of how Iraqi and Libyan oil seem to escape sanctions. I'm just a one-thread guy, loyal to FADG, Wonder bread, my wife--and a 25-cent increase in gas at the pump. Maybe we can share the increase with the States (except Texas and Alaska, of course).

To: Ilaine who wrote (7512)	10/25/2001 12:23:53 PM
From: Win Smith	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

I just checked. That petition has gathered 22 signatures so far. Whether that is indicative of apathy or a really high poster to reader ratio on SI, I couldn't say. I would raise two points on the general idea of "energy independence". First, it's a global market. The US could, in principle, isolate itself from the global market, I guess, but that would not be economically efficient. Second, the implied boycott of mideast oil implies a degree of disengagement from the mideast oil producing countries. I don't think that it's entirely clear that disengagement is the best course to pursue diplomatically in the region.