Response to David I., electric cars, way off topic...

[Brooks Weisman]

Oil will pollute regardless of where it comes from.  The answer is more in
the alternative energy sources.  We have a presidential canidate (and his
father, an ex-president) whose family made their fortune in oil.  You figure
out which canidate is more likely to fund research into alternatives.

Brooks Weisman RPT
Napa & Arcata, CA


----- Original Message -----
From: "Berley A. Firmin II" <Firman1@prodigy.net>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Friday, March 10, 2000 4:21 AM
Subject: Re: Response to David I., electric cars, way off topic...


> I just had to respond to this thread....however off-topic it is.
>  Yes, ethanol can be produced right here at home. But so can oil!!! Before
> you get your shorts in a bind remember this: The more oil we explore for
and
> find here, and produce using the newer, cleaner technologies, the less
> supertankers that have to come near our shores and risk the coasts!!! Why
> can't people understand that! Oil in an on-shore pipeline or in trucks is
> much better (and cheaper) than supertankers!
>     Perhaps our Vice(!)-President can set an example by not using his
> polluting airplanes and limos.
> Berley A. Firmin  II
> Bayou La Combe, Louisiana
>