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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (11742)	11/20/2006 1:53:20 AM
From: Proud Deplorable	Respond to of 220015

"If the Zionist Regime or the Americans Make Problems For Us and Organize Attacks Against Us..." "As I pointed out, starting a war with another country or attacking it is currently not part of our plans or strategy. But if the Zionist regime or the Americans make problems for us and organize attacks against us... The Zionist regime is about 1,300 kilometers from our centers. If we have a missile range of 2,000 kilometers, it is only natural that a distance of 1,300 kilometers is within this range. "I'd like to say something else. If the Zionist regime was defeated by a group of Hizbullah in Lebanon... After all, Hizbullah is a small group in Lebanon, which defeated the Israeli army in this 33-day war. How can Israel withstand a great nation that numbers 70 million, 90 percent of which are Shiites? As for the IRGC and the Basij - we have 10 million Basij members and strong Revolutionary Guards. There is no comparison." "We Will Respond to Any Invading Power with a Force That They Cannot Even Imagine" "Therefore, I do not believe that the Zionists would even dream of threatening us. If they do, they will face the greatest danger to their very existence. I say again: We are interested in peace and quiet in the Middle East. We have no policy of attacking [anyone], but we will respond to any invading power with a force that they cannot even imagine. Neither the Americans nor the Zionists know what complex, precise, and intelligence-based plans we have designed in order to defend our country and to deal with their possible attacks." memri.org

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (11742)	11/22/2006 10:48:22 AM
From: elmatador	Respond to of 220015

first integrated biofuels plant that will produce cane-based ethanol and biodiesel from oilseeds. Brazil opens first ethanol-biodiesel plant 22 November 2006 SAO PAULO: President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva showcased Brazil's prowess in the alternative fuels industry on Tuesday when he inaugurated Barralcool, the first integrated biofuels plant that will produce cane-based ethanol and biodiesel from oilseeds. Brazil, with its huge agricultural potential, has for decades had the world's most advanced biofuels market. After the oil crisis in the early 1970s, it launched the ProAlcool ethanol programme to lighten dependence on crude imports. "There are just under 300 sugar-ethanol mills in operation in Brazil but another 60 or more in construction," said Paulo Gaiad, operations manager at Dedini, a leading provider of sugar-ethanol, biodiesel and cogeneration plants in Brazil. Brazil's sugar cane industry has flourished under extra demand from motorists for cane-based fuel ethanol. The time has come for Brazil's failing soy and oilseed crushing industries to tap rising demand for biofuels, as consumers worry about global warming and instability in oil exporting countries. "The worst of the crisis is over," Lula told hundreds of onlookers at the inauguration of the Barralcool plant. Brazil's soy sector is in its worst crisis in decades due to the strong real against the dollar and high production costs. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe soybean crushing industry, which processes beans into meal for animal feed and oil, has been in serious decline. Multinationals such as Archer Daniels Midland and Bunge have closed several soy crushing plants in the past year or so. The ethanol-biodiesel plant in Barra do Bugres, Mato Grosso, in the heart of Brazil's centre-west soybean belt, has produced ethanol from surrounding cane fields for over 20 years but Dedini recently constructed the integrated biodiesel plant on the site after investments of 27 million reais ($NZ18.9 million). "Having the two plants together will provide major infrastructure and energy savings," said Ronaldo Knack, president of consultants BrasilAgro, which will host the International Agroenergy and Biofuel Fair in Brasilia on November 27-29. Analysts like BrasilAgro estimate that Brazil will invest over $US15 billion in agroenergy in the next five to six years. Most cane mills in Brazil burn bagasse, or left-over cane stalks, as biomass fuel in on-site thermoelectric, or cogeneration, plants. This creates steam used in refining and distillation as well as for electric energy generation. The Lula government recently passed legislation that will mandate a 2 per cent blend of biodiesel from oilseed crops like soybean, sunflower or castor bean in all commercial sales of petroleum diesel by 2008 and 5 per cent by 2013. A few hundred filling stations already blend it. Brazil has about 10 biodiesel plants in operation and another 40 or so in construction, according to consultants Enerbio. Now, about half of Brazil's massive cane crop has gone to ethanol production with the rest being refined into sugar. The more recent spike in world oil prices has turned an already thriving industry into a gold mine. Today, motorists can choose to fill up with 100 per cent ethanol at half the price of gasoline at over 30,000 filling stations nationwide or opt for gasoline which is blended with 20-25 per cent ethanol. Ethanol accounts for 40 per cent of all non-diesel fuel consumption and its market share is growing