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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (3789)	4/4/2006 11:01:55 AM
From: Metacomet	Respond to of 24213

Excellent presentation of a lot of ideas whose time has come... Thanks for the link.

To: Wharf Rat who wrote (3789)	4/4/2006 12:41:47 PM
From: manalagi	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24213

So it is all Mr Rainwater's fault: Richard Rainwater is the Texas based businessman who was chiefly responsible for turning the Bass Family's inheritance of $50 into a $5 billion dollar fortune. Mr. Rainwater was therefore indirectly responsible for the remarkable urban renaissance of downtown Fort Worth, as a result of the Bass family's massive investments. Mr. Rainwater also had a material role in George W. Bush's selection as Managing Partner of the Texas Rangers Baseball Team, which launched Mr. Bush on his way to the Governor's Mansion and then to the White House.

To: Wharf Rat who wrote (3789)	4/4/2006 6:43:03 PM
From: PartyTime	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 24213

Interesting consideration that Peak Oil subject. Also interesting is that had Jimmy Carter been reelected, instead of electing the supposedly great Reagan, America wouldn't be facing the crisis it sees today: >>> Carter faced a crisis from a combination of economic problems, failed policies of his predecessors and, finally, an Iranian revolution that cut access to some Middle Eastern oil. Carter met the problems by starting sweeping oil-reduction reforms, including creation of the Cabinet-level Department of Energy. He began spending millions of dollars researching alternative sources for electrical power, including solar power. He got utilities to cut their use of oil for electricity and ramp up their use of natural gas or coal. "Up until Carter, we were getting about 20 percent of our electricity from oil generation," said Jay Hakes, director of the Energy Information Administration under Carter and an authority on modern presidents and oil. "And post-Carter, it went down to about 3 percent." Carter insisted that U.S. automakers build more fuel-efficient cars, with a goal of 27.5 miles per gallon over the following decade - a requirement passed under Gerald Ford but put into force by Carter. He offered incentives for getting oil from shale, creating a boom initially in the Rockies - and a bust when it failed to be cost-effective. He offered deductions for using solar water heaters in homes and commercial buildings. "People in the upper-income bracket were always looking for tax cuts. They were going to build a house anyhow, so they were saying, 'Well let's look at this solar stuff and see what we can do,' " said Marc Giaccardo, a professor at the University of Texas at San Antonio who at the time was an Albuquerque architect. Carter even had solar collec tors installed on the White House grounds to heat the executive residence's water. Then Carter lost re-election to Ronald Reagan in 1980. The so lar panels at the White House eventually came down - and Reagan and his aides gutted the solar research program.<<< energybulletin.net >>> Back in the 70's, President Carter called for the moral equivalent of war to reduce our dependence on foreign oil; he was not re-elected. Since then, few politicians have spoken of an energy crisis or suggested that major policy changes are necessary to avert one. The energy bill signed earlier this month by President Bush did not even raise fuel-efficiency standards for passenger cars. When a crisis comes -- whether in a year or 2 or 10 -- it will be all the more painful because we will have done little or nothing to prepare for it.<<< energybulletin.net And a better overall description of what has come compared to what could have been: motherjones.com