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From: David Stodolsky <>
Subject: Re: Singularity as Religion
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 18:43:07 +0200

On 15 Jun 2006, at 04:12, Peter Merel wrote:

>> 60 cents a gallon wasn't cheap if you only made $4000 a year.
>
> 30 years ago China was not an industrial power so demand was far
> lower. Right now commodities are enormously unstable, spiking well
> above previous records, and all indicators suggest supply has peaked
> while spiraling demand from China and India continues to force prices
> to rise.

This widespread view seems only useful in increasing the profits of  
the major oil companies:

http://alternet.org/waroniraq/37371/


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David Stodolsky    Skype: davidstodolsky

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