Re: Web Enabled Time/Temp/Humidity and I/O Controller

["Josepi" <JRM@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Why not just lower the world barrel price of petroleum instead of trying to
avoid the high prices the middle east charges?

Me thinks the price is set by many Americans in the quest for richness. Why
blame somebody else?

"Robert L Bass" <Sales@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Joe Pfeiffer" wrote:
>>
>> Ethanol may be a good idea, but not as the US has pursued
>> it. Sugar cane is a good choice; corn is a lousy choice.
>> Remember the fertilizer comes from middle eastern oil...
>
> We got a lot of fertilizer out of the previous administration as well.
> :^)
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> The problem with ethanol is the US sugar industry.  More specifically, the
> complex relationship between agribusiness and the US government makes
> progress almost impossible.
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> There is a false premise that many in Congress claim we are supporting
> "free market" enterprise.  In a truly free market we would be importing
> Brazilian sugar by the boatload.  That would bring the cost down at the
> pump *and* reduce our dependence on middle-eastern oil.
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