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Author: SquashmeSquashme Date: Aug 29, 2008 06:21
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Author: Mike PMike P Date: Aug 29, 2008 06:22
No, one of my cars runs on veg oil. I don't think it's been into a filling
station for months.
Mike P
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Author: Sam NelsonSam Nelson Date: Aug 29, 2008 06:43
The view is often advanced that Thatcher and Reagan, between them, defeated
the Russians and won the Cold War. That's looking a little hollow now.
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SAm.
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Author: AdrianAdrian Date: Aug 29, 2008 06:45
"Mike P" privacy.net> gurgled happily, sounding much like they
were saying:
> No, one of my cars runs on veg oil. I don't think it's been into a
> filling station for months.
FFS, I've got cars that haven't been filled with fuel for _decades_...
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Author: SquashmeSquashme Date: Aug 29, 2008 08:35
On 29 Aug, 14:22, "Mike P" privacy.net> wrote:>> Russia may cut off oil flow to the West
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> No, one of my cars runs on veg oil. I don't think it's been into a filling
> station for months.
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> Mike P
BBC News (26/08/08):- UK 'should end biofuel subsidies'
"But shadow environment secretary Peter Ainsworth said the government
was still guilty of "staggering hypocrisy".
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Author: John WrightJohn Wright Date: Aug 30, 2008 02:24
Squashme wrote:
Do you think we actually got any oil or gas from the USSR before it
collapsed? Granted things have changed a lot since then, but even so, it
demonstrates that the Western economy has existed for many years without
any imports from that source.
--
John Wright
"What would happen if you eliminated the autism genes from the gene pool?
You would have a bunch of people standing around in a cave, chatting and
socialising and not getting anything done!" - Professor Temple Grandin
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Author: DougDoug Date: Aug 30, 2008 06:38
On 29 Aug, 14:45, Adrian gmail.com> wrote:> "Mike P" privacy.net> gurgled happily, sounding much like they
> were saying:
>>> No, one of my cars runs on veg oil. I don't think it's been into a
>> filling station for months.
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> FFS, I've got cars that haven't been filled with fuel for _decades_...
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I don't have a car and haven't filled ANY for at least 20 years.
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Author: DougDoug Date: Aug 30, 2008 06:39
On 30 Aug, 10:24, John Wright pegasus.f2s.com> wrote:> Squashme wrote:
>> Russia may cut off oil flow to the West
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> Do you think we actually got any oil or gas from the USSR before it
> collapsed? Granted things have changed a lot since then, but even so, it
> demonstrates that the Western economy has existed for many years without
> any imports from that source.
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When demand/consumption was much lower.
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Author: John WrightJohn Wright Date: Aug 30, 2008 07:15
Doug wrote:
> On 30 Aug, 10:24, John Wright pegasus.f2s.com> wrote:>> Squashme wrote:
>> Do you think we actually got any oil or gas from the USSR before it
>> collapsed? Granted things have changed a lot since then, but even so, it
>> demonstrates that the Western economy has existed for many years without
>> any imports from that source.
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> When demand/consumption was much lower.
Not that much, give us some figures Mr Knowitall.
--
John Wright
"What would happen if you eliminated the autism genes from the gene pool?
You would have a bunch of people standing around in a cave, chatting and
socialising and not getting anything done!" - Professor Temple Grandin
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Author: DerekDerek Date: Aug 30, 2008 07:14
On Fri, 29 Aug 2008 06:21:05 -0700 (PDT), Squashme
gmail.com> wrote:
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>Russia may cut off oil flow to the West
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What will they do with it ?
How will they repay their loans ?
Who else can buy it off them ?
Asia won't be able to buy it without income from exports to the west,
even *if* it needed it at all in those circumstances .
Derek
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