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Re: The State of our Union

Posted By: wintermute, on host 80.46.161.76
Date: Thursday, January 30, 2003, at 05:18:31
In Reply To: Re: The State of our Union posted by Sam on Wednesday, January 29, 2003, at 20:08:25:

> > I must admit, the idea of hydrogen powered cars...
>
> This would rock, but I don't know how close those things are to hitting the market at an affordable price. I want to know how it's going to happen, because you know that oil companies will spend every last dollar they have to prevent it from happening. But if it did, we wouldn't have to walk on eggshells around the Middle East, which would be absolutely wonderful. Not that we're doing that now, of course.

So long as there are still oil-fired powerstations and a plastics industry, I doubt OPEC would really be overly concerned. IIRC, transportation only accounts for 12% of oil use, globally.

Of course, I could be wrong, but I don't expect that it would seriously affect the balance of power in the Middle East.

wintermute

Replies To This Message

Re: The State of our Union - Stephen - Thu, 1/30/2003, 07:56:27
- The power of Oil Companies? - Anthony Caporale - Fri, 4/25/2003, 11:31:53
  - Re: The power of Oil Companies? - Stephen - Fri, 4/25/2003, 11:34:34
Re: The State of our Union - Sam - Thu, 1/30/2003, 06:06:51

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Message:	> > > I must admit, the idea of hydrogen powered cars... > > > > This would rock, but I don't know how close those things are to hitting the market at an affordable price. I want to know how it's going to happen, because you know that oil companies will spend every last dollar they have to prevent it from happening. But if it did, we wouldn't have to walk on eggshells around the Middle East, which would be absolutely wonderful. Not that we're doing that now, of course. > > So long as there are still oil-fired powerstations and a plastics industry, I doubt OPEC would really be overly concerned. IIRC, transportation only accounts for 12% of oil use, globally. > > Of course, I could be wrong, but I don't expect that it would seriously affect the balance of power in the Middle East. > > wintermute
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