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To: twmoore who wrote (157928)	1/12/2009 10:58:39 AM
From: PartyTime	2 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 362293

I think the time is now to give farmers a secondary crop (perhaps thus making fruits and vegetables cheaper), to enable them to plant hemp all over the planet and let the oil from the hemp seeds run our automobiles. Remember, hemp grows on marginal lands and has a short growth cycle. If they wanna speculate, let 'em speculate on hemp--lol!

To: twmoore who wrote (157928)	1/12/2009 12:58:57 PM
From: cirrus	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 362293

Perhaps there wasn't a formal smoke-filled room manipulation, but the Enron backed removal of energy market regulation set the stage for the California electric price spike back in 2000 and the oil spike this past summer. Consumers were bilked out of billions. By who? If you made the money would you admit to it? It's high time we limit speculation in critical commodities. Yes, there is a need for futures markets to allow users to lock in prices for future delivery, but to allow the kind of speculation that leads to disruptive price swings is not necessary or good for the economy.