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To: TobagoJack who wrote (43821)	12/13/2008 9:22:51 AM
From: elmatador	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 218039

with no fuel there’s no way the modern agricultural system can be maintained. Which means there will be no food either. You might like to stop and think about that for a while. I thought and discovered: Brazil is self sufficient in both, energy and food. Drinking Shiraz Eating cheese au fines herbs with lots of garlic, Roquefort and Gorgonzola cheeses. plus ham and black olives...

To: TobagoJack who wrote (43821)	12/13/2008 4:59:50 PM
From: elmatador	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 218039

It started in France 2005. Now Greece. Greece has the characteristics of a failed state. These 15-year-olds are articulating what all classes are feeling," said John Olympios, a British-educated public affairs consultant. "Everybody feels disenfranchised. Greece just isn't working at the moment." ... There have already been sympathy protests in cities across Europe, from Madrid to Moscow, Barcelona to Bordeaux. Greece may now be the sick man of Europe, but the anti-government protests crippling the country could be contagious. telegraph.co.uk

To: TobagoJack who wrote (43821)	12/13/2008 9:40:03 PM
From: energyplay	Respond to of 218039

Jeremy Clarkson is given to a certain degree of exaggeration and hyperbole, since part of his job is to make reasonable competent cars with minor differences seem distinct and interesting. You can catch his Top Gear program on BBC TV. However, the UK housing bubble is much bigger than the US bubble, and I think finance is an even larger percentage of the UK economy than it is in the US. Oh, the idea of Gordon Brown - the guy who sold a big chunk of UK gold for around $ 270 an ounce - as an "economic messiah" is really rich. He's the economic Judas Goat, or the economic equivalent of George W Bush. I wonder if he will sell some more gold ? As for a potential fuel crisis, the US produces about 1/3 of it's oil needs, and that is more than enough to take care of the agricultural sector in the US. Canada will be able to export both oil and food, as will Columbia. Even Mexico will be okay, they just will not be able to generate foreign exchange from oil sales, since they will have much less to sell.