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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Ron, Boy isn’t this the truth! I
remember the 1973-75 period, when we all proudly waged a quiet war against OPEC
by dropping to 55 mph, and doing all sorts of things to conserve…new fuel
emission vehicle regulations, developing domestic oil resources, etc. etc etc.
And it really worked; we were cutting into OPEC’s bucks big time, and
they eventually came modify their pricing policies and fairly manage their ‘cartel’.
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>So why has there been no outcry for
similar pro-activity now? Is it just our return to selfish
over-the-top-conspicuous consumption and greedy waste? I wonder! Maybe there has
been the an explicit or tacit understanding between Bush and Crew and the
OPEC/Saudis that—so long as we be allowed to carry on with our Iraq
adventures—they could freely mess around a bit with the oil market and we
wouldn’t raise too much of a fuss.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Bob Dickow, troublemaker</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>-----Original Message-----<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b> vision2020-bounces@moscow.com
[mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On
Behalf Of </span></b>Ron Force<br>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Excerpts from a NT Times articles
contrasting energy use in </span></font><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>France</span></font><font
size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'> vs. the
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font-family:Verdana'>US</span></font><font size=2 face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>:</span></font></p>
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United States, land of gas-guzzling S.U.V.'s and air-conditioned McMansions,
might do well to turn to the country some Americans love to hate for lessons on
how to curb its reliance on imported oil: France...</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>...Spurred by the oil shocks of the 1970's, </span></font>France
embarked on a vast state-led drive to flush out as much oil from its economy as
possible. With the national slogan at the time, "We don't have oil, but we
have ideas," it <font color=navy><span style='color:navy'> …</span></font></p>
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