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To: quehubo who wrote (67839)	5/22/2008 7:52:57 PM
From: Cogito	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 542797

>>Instead we find the nation wanting answers being delivered to democrats who certainly will provide solutions that only exacerbate the problems.<< Quehebo - Are you saying the Democrats will exacerbate the problems to a greater extent than the Republicans have? If so, I'd say that's probably not the case on all fronts. Dems could hardly do worse with respect to our foreign policy. - Allen

To: quehubo who wrote (67839)	5/23/2008 3:37:35 PM
From: TimF	Respond to of 542797

We can AND HAVE had a growing economy while using fuel more efficiently. We get more GDP (in real dollars) per unit of energy, we get more work performed per unit of fuel used. We've been getting more efficient in our use of fuel. The article doesn't say that the US can't grow with more efficient fuel usage or with people eating less. The point it makes is that if we consume less its doesn't mean that all the other countries benefit. They sell to us, if we don't buy they lose a customer. The idea it was rejecting is the thought that the US is taking at the expense of others. Beyond that a serious of attempts to regulate these types of issues is likely to cause us to have lower economic growth and less freedom. Its a bit simplistic, and a bit of rant, it doesn't word things the way I would myself, but it quickly gets the major points correct, and kept me from having to think about and write them myself.