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To: TobagoJack who wrote (11591)	11/16/2006 6:11:15 AM
From: Mary Cluney	Read Replies (5) \| Respond to of 217769

the most viable alternative is and always will be demand destruction; i.e. empty mall parking lots, desolate highways, quietly rusting ships, wrapped up and idled planes, and a boom in bicycle manufacturing How will you benefit if your dreams come true? How much are you going to make? I can see it now, you going around trying to sell your little gold pieces and gleefully telling the suffering masses you tried to tell them but they wouldn't listen. Somehow, I think mankind does a lot of stupid thing and learn the hard way. Somehow I think, truth prevails (maybe by a thin margin). Mankind surives. Mankind finds a better way . Civilization progresses - slowly, but as we get better educated overtime - life gets better. No matter how miserable you may think we are, our lives here are good. It will take a long time for people in other parts of the world to catch up to us. Don't bet against us.

To: TobagoJack who wrote (11591)	11/16/2006 6:32:03 AM
From: elmatador	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217769

Brazil’s Petrobras plans to set up a logistics structure in China to distribute Brazilian ethanol, the company’s spokesperson told Macauhub. Sao Paulo, Brazil, 15 Nov – Brazil’s Petrobras plans to set up a logistics structure in China to distribute Brazilian ethanol, the company’s spokesperson told Macauhub. According to the spokesperson Petrobras was considering acquiring a Chinese company, setting up a joint venture with a local company or setting up partnerships with Chinese associations. The oil company’s plans to create a structure to distribute ethanol in China reflect the strategy already used in Japan. ELMAT: We will take the money of those Arabs! Watch! There Petrobras set up a joint venture with Japan’s Mitsui and Brazilian mining company, Companhia do Vale do Rio Doce to distribute the fuel in the country. The first lot of Brazilian ethanol will be sent to Japan at the beginning of 2007, Petrobras has said. No date has been set for creating the structure in China and the company plans to carry out studies to decide which is the bets business model. China recently said it planned to replace 50 percent of the gasoline used in the country with ethanol by 2010. One of Petrobras’ other projects is to export the ethanol to Asia using ships with a capacity of between 80,000 and 100,000 cubic meters. Petrobras, which is the 15th most profitable oil company in the world, posted net profit of 23.7 billion reals (US$11 billion), in 2005, a rise of 40 percent against 2004. Brazil is the largest ethanol producer and exporter in the world and in 2005 production totaled 15 billion liters. Of that total, 2.5 billion were exported, which generated revenue of US$325 million) for the country, according to figures from the Brazilian Agricultural Economy Institute and the National Sugar Cane Commission. From January to September 2006, Brazil exported 2.3 billion liters of ethanol to 34 countries, according to the Brazilian Agriculture, Farming and Supply Ministry. International demand for Brazilian ethanol – extracted from plants such as sugar cane and considered to be an eco-friendly fuel - has increased as it is an alternative to oil and reduces carbon dioxide emissions. (macauhub)