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To: Joe NYC who wrote (357656)11/9/2007 1:27:37 AM
From: combjelly  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1572921
 
"And another thing about oil, there would have been no flight without oil."

Not precisely true. Powdered coal would have been possible. Now, admittedly, those systems were not developed until after we already had achieved flight, but...



To: Joe NYC who wrote (357656)11/9/2007 7:56:06 AM
From: steve harris  Respond to of 1572921
 
cnn.com
I wish someone would tell the environmentalist and their enablers in Congress to take a hike and start drilling again in the US.

We could start on the coast of California since there's been an oil spill and it's ruined anyway right?

Idiots.



To: Joe NYC who wrote (357656)11/9/2007 2:41:37 PM
From: tejek  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1572921
 
And another thing about oil, there would have been no flight without oil.

Even that's not quite true.......there was zephyr.....dangerous but a means of air transport....may be with shorter distances without oil as the fuel.