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To: TimF who wrote (229425)4/15/2005 7:09:05 PM
From: Road Walker  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1572893
 
re: Cutting our gasoline use in regular passenger cars by a certain percent will not cut our oil use by the same percent,

Duh.

re: In the meantime other nations will be likely to increase their oil use more than we are cutting, so demand will grow.

That's unknowable, and not in our control.

re: I didn't say there would not be any effect, or that it would be insignificant, I said it wouldn't be enough to marginalize OPEC.

You are neglecting the fact that we produce ~40% of our consumption (albeit declining). Look at the numbers again.

It's pretty obvious that we need to do something.

John