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To: Ish who wrote (204874)11/8/2006 10:45:52 PM
From: Bilow  Respond to of 281500
 
Hi Ish; Re: "<<Our carriers burn oil, they cannot force people to sell it to us.>> Which ones? I thought they were all nuke powered now."

Carriers burn amazing amounts of oil. The carrier itself may be nuclear powered but the airplanes on it sure ain't. Neither are the dozen or so surface ships that accompany a carrier everywhere it goes (one of which is, of course, an oiler):

en.wikipedia.org

-- Carl