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To: combjelly who wrote (328283)	3/9/2007 8:43:11 AM
From: RetiredNow	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1576152

Ex-CIA chief spooked by fossil fuels R. James Woolsey says the switch to renewables must be made to head off global warming and terrorism. By Steve Hargreaves, CNNMoney.com staff writer March 8 2007: 11:38 AM EST LAS VEGAS (CNNMoney.com) -- So maybe it was part of his job to be paranoid, but former CIA head R. James Woolsey takes no comfort in the nation's reliance on oil and other fossil fuels. Companies making money now in renewable energy Speaking at a reception at a renewable energy conference in Las Vegas co-hosted by the American Council on Renewable Energy, Woolsey told an attentive crowd that the country's heavy reliance on oil has the two-pronged effect of contributing to global warming and helping to finance global terrorism. "We have risks to our infrastructure and our lives," said Woolsey, who sits on the advisory board of the renewable energy council. He said of the billions of dollars Saudi Arabia gets from U.S. oil purchases, millions find their way to terrorist organizations within the Middle Eastern country. Woolsey said an attack last year on an oil processing plant in Saudi Arabia was the work of al Qaeda, and if successful would have knocked out 7 to 8 million barrels of oil exports a day for over a year, most likely causing the price of crude to jump to over $100 a barrel. "We have to move toward renewables, in the interest of averting global warming and our terrorist problem," he said. He made his remarks late Wednesday evening. Exxon posts biggest annual profit ever Woolsey advocated biofuels and electric cars over hydrogen-powered vehicles, saying the latter were just too expensive. Woolsey headed the CIA from 1993 to 1995 under former President Clinton. Some of the biggest U.S. oil companies are Exxon Mobil (Charts), Chevron (Charts) and ConocoPhillips (Charts). British-based BP (Charts) has extensive operations in the United States.

To: combjelly who wrote (328283)	3/9/2007 2:05:07 PM
From: Taro	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576152

Come on CJ, we all know that our atmosphere keeps us warm. Not up to debate, OK? Believe we got carried away from the original issue at debate, if/how a delta CO2 content of our atmosphere causes increased temperatures of same - or by what could look like cheer magic, but is supported by the ice core facts - vice versa. No doubt in my mind - call it believing - that our atmosphere rests in some kind of long term self correcting and thus stable optimum, which doesn't easily gets disturbed by man. Super volcanic activities or meteorite hits, however, no doubt may change and indeed have changed that from time to time. Taro