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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (36163)	12/6/2012 7:33:04 AM
From: FJB	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 86356

Louisiana Gets Biggest Manufacturing Investment in State History from Walter Russell Mead's Blog by Walter Russell Mead South African energy company SASOL is joining the American shale gas revolution with an investment of up to $21 billion to build two new plants in Louisiana. If plans go forward as expected, Louisiana would be home to the first gas-to-liquid plant in America, which transforms natural gas into a liquid fuel form to power vehicles. As the FT notes, this would be the biggest manufacturing investment in Louisiana history: Gas production from previously inaccessible shale reserves has soared, thanks to improvements in the techniques of hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling, sending prices tumbling. “Two or three years ago we would not have been talking about these projects,” he said. “What cheap natural gas and NGLs have done for this country is dramatic.” The plants will create a peak total of 7,000 jobs while under construction, and about 1,200 while in operation. Sasol has been one of the pioneers of modern gas-to-liquids technology, building the Oryx plant in Qatar, which produced about 34,000 barrels per day in the three months to September. The Louisiana plant will be almost three times the size, reaching a planned capacity of 96,000 b/d in two phases. Greens may wail about this development, but it’s hard to see the downside here. Thousands of new jobs and cheaper, cleaner energy speak for themselves.

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (36163)	12/6/2012 10:34:01 PM
From: Wharf Rat	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 86356

"UKIP climate change spokesman and deputy leader Viscount Monckton has been warned to stop calling himself a member of the House of Lords." I don't know what they call this on the other side of the equator, but, in the Northern Hemisphere, it's called lying. He's not claiming property rights, he is claiming to be a member of Parliament. I don't know where British law goes, beyond"stop it," but, were he an American claiming to be a member of the Senate, either here or abroad, he might well be guilty of criminal activity. The crime is defined in 18 U.S. Code sec. 912 as follows: "Sec. 912. - Officer or employee of the United States Whoever falsely assumes or pretends to be an officer or employee acting under the authority of the United States or any department, agency or officer thereof, and acts as such, or in such pretended character demands or obtains any money, paper, document, or thing of value, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both" en.allexperts.com Why do you defend lies? Why do you defend liars? Why do you claim a liar as one of your intellectual heroes? Have you no shame? = "I know Global Doomster so-called "scientists" think that arguing about shoe and name fashions is a winning argument in "The Science" of CO2" And I know that you have your head so far up your ass you could cut a hole in your belly button and use it for a window.