[extropy-chat] The Economist, 14-page special on oil

[Samantha Atkins]

I find it fascinating how bright people will clutch at any straw to  
avoid coping with the unpleasant.   Fascinating in the same way that  
various disease processes are fascinating that is.    I wish I was  
able to convince more people to take this more seriously.  Alas my  
time, patience, and skills are limited.

- samantha

On May 4, 2005, at 9:52 AM, Paul wrote:

>> --- Max More <max at maxmore.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Oil in troubled waters
>>> The Economist, April 28, 2005
>>> http://www.economist.com/displaystory.cfm?story_id=3884623
>>>
>
> On 5/4/05, Mike Lorrey <mlorrey at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> This is interesting: saudis are keeping their oil prices high to fund
>> their own social welfare system.
>>
>
> Reminds me of the USSR, they relied heavily on oil prices to sustain
> their command economy; didn't work out well for them in the 80s, of
> course.
> -- 
> Paul C.
> http://lockeinghobbes.blogspot.com/
> _______________________________________________
> extropy-chat mailing list
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org
> http://lists.extropy.org/mailman/listinfo/extropy-chat
>