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To: Mac Con Ulaidh who wrote (73537)5/3/2010 8:51:33 PM
From: Wharf Rat  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 149317
 
Very few...sail power, no diesel-electric flash freezers, maybe steam-powered canneries using coal or wood.... No way we'd get gulf fish in Calif. without oil. (Now we can get gulf fish in oil)
Same thing with the gulf tourist industry. Ain't a lot of folks who will walk or ride a horse from NY to enjoy the beaches of Fla. Oil is what built those industries in the first place.