Dear Mark Polenc, I fully agree. After all, most of the petroleum distribution is through the oil companies and so they will still make money. The one point is that if the US made the national mandate to reduce oil imports by 10-25% through synthetic fuels production, even if subsidized by the government initially, OPEC would have a great deal less leverage to hold against us. The problem is that the US has too many people who are not willing to make difficult decisions necessary to change the course of our ship. Leadership is what is needed. Where is Reagan when you need him? Sincerely, Leland T. Taylor President Thermogenics Inc. 7100-2nd St. NW, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87107 phone 505-761-1454 fax 505-761-1456 Attached files are zipped and can be decompressed with <A HREF="http://www.aladdinsys.com/expander/";>www.aladdinsys.com/expander/ </A> - Gasification List Archives: http://www.crest.org/discussion/gasification/current/ Gasification List Moderator: Tom Reed, Biomass Energy Foundation, Reedtb2@cs.com www.webpan.com/BEF List-Post: <mailto:gasification@crest.org> List-Help: <mailto:gasification-help@crest.org> List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:gasification-unsubscribe@crest.org> List-Subscribe: <mailto:gasification-subscribe@crest.org> Sponsor the Gasification List: http://www.crest.org/discuss3.html - Other Gasification Events and Information: http://www.fsec.ucf.edu/bioam/ http://solstice.crest.org/renewables/biomass-info/gasref.shtml http://solstice.crest.org/renewables/biomass-info/
