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Skriven 2006-04-05 21:30:24 av Ross Cassell (1:123/456)
  Kommentar till text 18646 av BOB SAKOWSKI (1:123/140)
Ärende: Question
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Hello BOB!

04 Apr 06 13:32, you wrote to me:

 RC>> Diego Garcia is a joint US/UK Naval base.

 BS> Is  the facility large enough to support the size force you imagine is
 BS> equired?

Not sure, just knew it was a asset in the region.

 RC>> UAE, Qutar, Bahrain, Kuwait.

 BS> Islamic countries would seem to be self defeating, no?

Not at all, the fact that we exist is enough to piss of any radicals, we cant
conduct ourselves placate them.

 BS>> Keep in mind that the military presence in Saudi
 BS>> Arabia was what led to Osam bin Laden, and his
 BS>> Al Qaeda, to attack America.

 RC>> Too late for that.

 BS> And what of the next time?

Then we will deal with it.

 RC>> But I do favor alternative energy, but wind and solar
 RC>> power cant do it all.

 BS> Who can say?  Such alternatives have not been seriously tested on a
 BS> truly mega scale.


How can we bring them up to scale, when people have bitched about the windmill
farms, the Cronkites and Kennedy's off cape cod as an example.

 BS> You left out ethanol, Ross but then any fuel billed as saving
 BS> petroleum yet uses more petroleum in the making of it than it will
 BS> save seems not worth the effort.  It does provide one hell of a
 BS> windfall for ADM though.

The evil Bush mentioned it at his SOTU address, now who will pay to have my car
converted to burn it, I pay the bank enough as it is for it?


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Ross
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