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Re: [L-OT] OT^2 - Thanks

2001-10-09 by Wilson Zorn

> > Energy consumption per capita in the US is much higher than anywhere
> > else. However, other Western countries are heading the same way in the
> > future though.
>
> Interesting point here. This could mean one of two things:
> 1. The US productivity per person is the highest in the world, or
> 2. The wasting per person in the US is the highest in the world.
>
> 1. is not the case as I know, so it means that the second case is at hand.

Why do you know this is not the case?  Why can 1 and 2 not be true?  I mean
no offense to anyone else consuming energy, just wondering how you can claim
as fact that in fact we Americans are not the most productive.  It may be
true.

<energy consumption advice snipped as I have no interest in going over this>

> Yoonchi.
> Ps I'm sorry that the American president made a stupid move by attacking a
country just for political reasons, not for the purpose to fight terrorism.
>

I'm sorry you don't get it.  Pardon me, but what the heck do you think we're
attacking?  We're attacking the Taliban and terrorist strongholds.  In fact
personally, as someone who has long thought America's had no guts for this
and in the past struck often for political reasons (including Carter (well
only sort of, he manipulated the news to his political ends), Reagan, Bush
Sr. and Clinton), I believe we're going about this the right, careful way.
Yes, I realize civilians will get hurt.  I wish that were impossible.  But
I've yet to see evidence we've been anything but careful, INCLUDING from
reports from within Afghanistan.

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