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To: average joe who wrote (13430)	4/8/2002 10:48:53 AM
From: epsteinbd	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 23908

And with the price per mile you'd get out of oil sand, you'll have to buy Euro cars.

To: average joe who wrote (13430)	4/9/2002 3:43:06 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Respond to of 23908

Re: Of course this oil will be too expensive for Europeans to import so you will be stuck with the middle east. I suggest you develop some creative solutions rather than U.S. intervention. Well, you'd better give your suggestions to your "Chinese smarties" for they'll be first in line when it comes to finding a sustainable energy framework for a billion would-be car-drivers.... As for Europe, I guess demographic slowdown should do the trick.

To: average joe who wrote (13430)	4/9/2002 5:26:04 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 23908

Re: Gus, the only reason the middle east is important right now is oil. That reason is diminishing with the development of oil sands in Canada that have reserves vaster than anything in Saudi Arabia. Forget about Alberta's oil sands... Time for you to update your oil-field map: thenation.com Excerpt: Bringing the Oil Home During the cold war, the United States viewed Africa as a major battleground with the Soviet Union and poured billions of dollars of economic and military aid into the continent. After the collapse of Communism, though, American interest waned. As recently as 1995, a Pentagon report concluded that the United States had "very little traditional strategic interests in Africa." But during the past few years, Africa has become a growing source of American oil imports--especially West Africa, which in oil parlance is considered to include Angola as well as Nigeria, Congo Republic, Gabon, Cameroon and now Equatorial Guinea. The United States already buys 15 percent of its oil from West Africa--nearly as much as comes from Saudi Arabia--a figure expected to grow to 20 percent within the next five years and, according to the National Intelligence Council, to as high as 25 percent by 2015. The Bush Administration's national energy policy, released last May, predicted that West Africa would become "one of the fastest-growing sources of oil and gas for the American market." The year before, Paul Michael Wihbey of Washington's Institute for Advanced Strategic and Political Studies described West Africa as "an area of vital US interest" in testimony before Congress. He proposed the creation of a new South Atlantic Military Command that would "permit the US Navy and armed forces to more easily project power to defend American interests and allies in West Africa." The September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon further heightened American attention to Africa, with national security planners urging that the United States seek to diversify supplies of oil away from the Middle East. [...] ___________________ Of course, as Mideast oil becomes less "strategic" to the US, so will its Israeli watchdog.... After all, who needs a pit bull to ward... an empty desert?! Do you think that's the reason why Mr Silverstein gets miffed by a rising US involvement in Africa? Gus