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Gold/Mining/Energy : PEAK OIL - The New Y2K or The Beginning of the Real End? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: Glenn Petersen who wrote (233)4/3/2005 9:15:46 PM
From: kryptonic6  Respond to of 1183
 
"Japan's obsession with energy efficiency started when the oil shocks of the 1970s ended two decades of double-digit growth. It was a bracing wake-up call, and Japan responded in 1979 with a new energy-saving law and by jacking up gasoline taxes -- one reason gas in Japan costs twice as much as in the U.S."

Don't worry, the U.S. government has anticipated $4.00-$6.00 gasoline, and has developed a comprehensive plan to deal with the public's reaction:

US developing 'Pulsed Energy Projectile' weapon to use against protesters and rioters - hits streets in 2007

'Maximum pain is aim of new US weapon'

02 March 2005
newscientist.com

"...produces "pain and temporary paralysis" in tests on animals."

Jesse