X-Message-Number: 20062 From: "Spoering" <> Subject: Oil and other tidbits Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2002 21:22:34 -0500 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0056_01C25C34.D7A402A0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Greetings All, The subject of oil has been briefly mentioned on Cryonet, a book about when demand of oil may exceed the supply is HUBERT'S PEAK by Kenneth Deffeyes which I found excellent and I left a review at Amazon. According to this author we do not have anywhere near 30 years left until shortages become acute. It is a fascinating read. I agree with others here on Cryonet that the recent religious fervor associated with nationalism is disgusting! Most people will invoke their favorite deity when faced with hardships, whether personal or larger in nature, and like others here I believe that religion is a major if not the main cause of irrationality here and abroad. Like Mr. Zarka I also believe that the book by Carl Sagan, THE DEMON HAUNTED WORLD, should be widely used in high schools, as independent thinking is very lacking in this country. And to Mr. Platt, you will be a great asset to Alcor, I am confident of this as you seem to be capable of much independent thinking, and I look foreword to meeting you someday. Best Regards, Kevin Spoering ------=_NextPart_000_0056_01C25C34.D7A402A0 Content-Type: text/html; [ AUTOMATICALLY SKIPPING HTML ENCODING! ] Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=20062