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To: JakeStraw who wrote (67784)	2/13/2003 10:14:15 AM
From: chomolungma	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 70976

Re: Buying non-OPEC oil. I always try and support a local producer who gets his oil in the region, but I'm dubious as to the effect it will have on OPEC. Oil is a fungible commodity and it's the total demand vs. the total supply that will determine price and that price is set worldwide. OPEC will simply sell to someone else. Of course, I'm not opposed to tilting at windmills and sometimes doing little things makes you feel like you're at least trying. And while we're at boycotts. Let's not buy goods made in Germany and France. Their despicable action in not supporting NATO ally Turkey shows their true colors. There are already European boycotts of American made goods and we need to support our domestic companies. Face it, they need our buying power more than we need theirs!