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To: elmatador who wrote (57225)12/15/2004 3:36:43 AM
From: Raymond Duray  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 74559
 
Re: Governments understand only one thing: POPULAR PRESSURE, Ray!

I could not disagree more strongly. I will give you two disparate examples that prove to me at least that governments are in no way interested in "popular pressure".

A Vision of Nightmares, Evil and Distrust:

commondreams.org

That is the radical fundamentalist approach to power politics.

In sharp contrast is the Vision of Hope and Progress, presented by those odious old Communists:
wired.com

Both governments hope to secure energy for their future development. One is an imperial dinosaur, and the other an ascending dragon.

Take your pick. I know who I believe to be the more enlightened leadership. :)

But in neither case are the leaders merely bowing to public pressure. They are leaders, after all. ;) Or in the case of America, world class liars, schemers and thieves.

-Ray



To: elmatador who wrote (57225)12/15/2004 5:43:25 AM
From: Seeker of Truth  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 74559
 
"We will have taken the market". Markets in commodities cannot be taken. They "belong" to the lowest cost producers. Geography has already decided that a hot, well illuminated and sufficiently moist place like Brazil will produce ethanol more cheaply than the US can. That doesn't at all depend on when the US gets serious about ethanol.


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