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To: A.J. Mullen who wrote (4483)	4/5/2002 9:45:16 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Respond to of 12231

Ashley, you revert back from italics by writing </.i> at the end. But you leave out at the dot in the middle, which I put there because otherwise nothing appears after submitting. Maybe I can show it correctly by using bold </i> Yes, that works. Type it like that, but leave out the bold. In general, on oil price and supply volatility, I think volatility scares people away [other than speculators, crooks, brokers etc]. Therefore I expect that oil supply volatility, which is how prices are moved up and down, would cause energy suppliers and buyers to build alternative supplies, buy forward hedging and leave the oil with the erratic suppliers - who would of course have to cut their prices to attract customers to their crazy ways. That process has already happened. Mq PS: I found a good disaster description. Comet collisions, volcanoes, landslides from Hawaii... newscientist.com, the conclusion is do NOT live within 50 metres of sea level. Living on a boat in deep ocean is okay, if not in the immediate area of wave creation, such as a comet impact, because the waves go underneath without a breaking crest. The ideal living conditions are in a bunker high above the ocean, with good overpressure protection, good water supply from waterfalls formed from rain, which will also wash metres of sediment away and provide drinking supplies. Near the equator is good to avoid being buried in an ice age or getting too cold. More natural food in the form of fish would be available near the sea rather than inland, though stored wheat, corn, and stuff could be planted for crops. Better still would be a spaceship of enormous proportions, with gravity included [a huge gold core for example]. Maybe a micro black hole could provide gravity and the space ship could surround it so it could be of manageable size. The black hole would make a convenient rubbish bin - just chuck stuff into the middle and watch it disappear beyond the event horizon. Suicide and murder would leave no trace.