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  • From: Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>
  • To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] Oil demand â?~rising faster than expe ctedâ?T
  • Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2007 06:05:24 -0700

I'd say that the refinery problems are much the same thing. As soon as they
want to jack the price of gas they start crying that the refineries have to
be down for maintenance, blah, blah, blah. Then when they get the prices up
the "maintenance" problems go away until the next time they have to explain
why the price of gas has gone up.

I have a problem with this and previous threads. Here I see lots of doom and gloom. I see lots of accusations about "them," and the sneaky, conniving or stupid--take your pick--things "they" are doing to manipulate supply and therefore prices, which is the pain button to which we respond most predictably.

With the major exception of James, I see very little "me" in the responsibility area.

Are any of us really going to build some kind of home energy production device? I doubt it.

We little guys can do nothing about the global energy situation. What we can do is to plan and prepare for how we will live when gas prices rise ever higher, to the point of financial pain. Like health, we must take personal responsibility. It ain't about "them" or "they." It's about each of us personally.









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