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To: Ichy Smith who wrote (199511)	8/26/2006 2:29:47 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

But if the US, and by extension the world could reduce the use of Oil to the point where oil returned to $30 a barrel, we would still be able to buy it, but at a price that causes them to have much less money to buy weapons with.] Don't disagree with this.. I've experienced a bit of an epiphany with regard to alternative fuels. I used to be a major advocate of a hydrogen economy, relying upon use of wide-spread nuclear power (or wind and wave generation) to facilitate it's production during off-peak hours. But now I'm finding myself more and more in favor of Bio-diesel since it can be readily blended with regular diesel and maintains our presence in the global energy markets. It's an agricultural solution, primarily dependent upon cultivation of algae ponds, which strikes me as a very innovative, and renewable, resource. And there are places where salt flats already exist, such as the Salt Lake area, which might be useful for such purposes (although probably less effective during winter months). But I certainly concur that reducing the financial influence of the Mid-East states so that they are required to diversify both their economies, and political systems, would be a benefit. Hawk