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To: RouxStir

Somewhere in this convoluted reasoning there is an appeal to being "fair".

There is an approaching gunfight in which the opponent is as yet armed only with a knife, and the protagonist is supposed to toss him a loaded gun....

I cannot see a good outcome in any of these proposals.

In a perfect world, the choice of an oil-producing country to convert their national energy sources from petroleum-based to nuclear-based would translate to having more energy to export, and on balance, for the world this would be a good thing. Maximizes the amount of product for sale, while not eating their own seed corn.

But bearded men with burning eyes are running Iran today, and anything they lay their hands upon is being used as a weapon, be it economic, or cultural, or just the physical means of damage on a massive scale.


26 posted on 01/27/2006 3:35:33 PM PST by alloysteel (There is no substitute for success. None. Nobody remembers who was in second place.)
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To: alloysteel

Uranium power plants are a great invention and should be in use worldwide, especially in China and India where the coal smoke sometimes gets bad. Especially China. Of course, oil sales would be much less, and coal even less than that. Iran would have a hard time getting by on carpet sales.


29 posted on 01/27/2006 3:39:44 PM PST by RightWhale (pas de lieu, Rhone que nous)
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