Re: HOW FORD PLANS TO CUT AUTO EMISSIONS

From: Dirk Bruere at Neopax (dirk_at_neopax.com)
Date: 10/11/04 

Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2004 20:46:22 +0100

hanson wrote:

> "Dirk Bruere at Neopax" <dirk@neopax.com> wrote in message
> news:2svup5F1q75seU2@uni-berlin.de...
>
>>>>>>hanson citing a Ford news release:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>California adopted a regulation that will force automakers to reduce
>>>>>>>>global warming emissions in the state by 30 percent by the 2016
>>>>>>>>model year.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>hanson wrote
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>So, what if that goal is not achieved? Does anyone really think that
>>>>>>>Californians will go for bicycles, pedaling 8 hrs to work and another
>>>>>>>8 hrs back.....ahahaha.... If there is a stop going to be put onto
>>>>>>>new car sales in 2016.... then from then on Californians will drive
>>>>>>>older and older cars that pollute more and more....ahahaha...
>>>>>>>and at next election there will be initiatives to
>>>>>>>*** get rid of any politician that is green***.......ahahahaha....
>>>>>>>Californians maybe nutty but they ain't crazy lunatics.
>>>>>>>...well, the green shits amongst them of are.
>>>>>>
>>>>>[Dirk]
>>>>>
>>>>>>I think the peak oil crisis will be well upon us by then, with oil at
>>>>>>$100 a barrel. That should take care of it nicely.
>>>>>
>>>>>[hanson]
>>>>>Right and wrong, Dirk. It's just a temporary crisis. Look at the history
>>>>>of oil prices. They will not be over $30 by 2016, give or take inflation.
>>>>>The current $spike is 90% due to commodity futures speculators and
>>>>>10% due to delays in production increases because of those
>>>>>*contemporary* expansion demands from Indian & Chinese industries.
>>>>>Oil is a money game, the biggest one there is. The oil itself is just the
>>>>>gimmick. Hence, like in any other game, there are always ups & downs.
>>>>
>>>[Dirk]
>>>
>>>>I doubt that China and India are going to slow economic growth over
>>>>the next decade, barring nuclear war. That means 10% pa for China alone.
>>>>And the problem is not fossil fuels in general, but cheap *oil*.
>>>
>>>[hanson]
>>>That 10% is peanuts and digestible **IF** the global show for what
>>>you label as *oil* runs more or less smooth.
>>
> [Dirk]
> http://business.news.designerz.com/chinas-crude-oil-imports-in-july-up-nearly-40-pct-year-on-year.html
>
>>[China's] Crude oil imports rose 39.3 percent year-on-year in the
>>first 6 months. [China], the world's 2nd largest oil consumer after
>>the US has seen oil imports soar as flagging domestic production
>>has failed to keep up with booming economic growth and demand
>>for gasoline in the auto market."
>>
>
> [hanson]
> Guessing time! Game time! Bet on oil futures!......ahahaha...
> See, you are now in the unhappy intellectual emotional position
> to have to look at two opinions, like the man with two clocks. He
> never knows exactly what time it is.........which leaves with the
> hard and lonely choice that the young fat-man offered some 2600
> years ago:
> "Bros, do NOT believe 'cuz it is written in an official text, or 'cuz
> the man of authority said so, or because everybody else does.
> Believe only what you yourself judge to be true" - Gautamo Buddha
> ahahaha......ahahahanson

I predict that the more expensive oil is, the more profits the oil companies
will make. 

-- 
Dirk
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