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To: DMaA who wrote (155504)	1/23/2006 10:34:44 AM
From: slacker711	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793731

Right, make the tax code even more complicated. I hate the complexity of the tax code....but I'm willing to sacrifice that principle if it means reducing the effects of oil on our foreign policy. I notice quite a few conservative/libertarians on this thread dont have a problem with the NSA spying because their national security concerns trump their privacy concerns. It seems to me that a more complex tax code is less of a sacrifice than allowing the NSA to spy domestically. Slacker

To: DMaA who wrote (155504)	1/23/2006 10:35:49 AM
From: Triffin	Respond to of 793731

Well, we need a plan of transition .. especially for liquid fuels for transportation and home heating ( where the 'shortage' will be ) .. At present rates of consumption (ie 30.5 Billion barrels crude per year ) and +1.6% per year demand growth .. we blow thru the next 1 trillion barrels by 2031 or by 2041 with no demand growth .. If we commit to a nuclear build-out for baseload power, then the remaining oil supplies would support a transition to GTL or CTL for transport fuels ( though an all electric transportation grid makes the most sense to me ) .. This approach would also address the concerns of the Global Warming crowd as we phase out coal fired steam plants .. Attempting to maintain the energy status quo will only guarantee a future hard crash .. Triff .. biz.yahoo.com