Actually evidence shows that hydrocarbons (oil) are present
on the outer planets and moons, which indicates that
petroleum is not a by-product of dead dinosaurs, but a
function of planetary creation.



"Martin Hotze" wrote in message
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| On Mon, 1 May 2006 00:21:10 -0400, Icebound wrote:
|
| Maybe they are looking for independence from oil, so that
they can sell it
| to the west at 250 a barrel and not hurt their own
economy, who knows?
|
| Even Saudi Arabia knows that oil is a finite ressource.
Why do they invest
| so heavily in tourism and other developments there? They
can have a happy
| life right now doing nothing, but they are building for a
different future
| there. A friend of mine is flying for Emirate Airlines nd
he sees first
| hand what is going on there (and there are dozens of
reports in the media
| about that).
|
| (...)
| Will it be greater if the west goes in first,
|
| please don't mix "the west" and "the USA". Thanks.
|
| #m
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