On 8/27/06, Michael Perelman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Why Exxon Loves Global Warming
Today's Sacramento Bee publishes a story from the Kansas City Star that reports
that
consumers in the United States are spending about $2.3 billion more for
gasoline and
diesel because of higher temperatures. In other words, a warm gallon of
gasoline
contains [less] fuel than a cold gallon of gasoline -- perhaps giving new
meaning to
the term inflation.
So Exxon and the other oil giants have good reason to welcome global warming
since
it helps to boost their already hugely profitable returns.
<http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/15370193.htm>
so buying gallons of gas helps cause global warming, which raises the
number of gallons of gas used, so that ...
--
Jim Devine / "Self-exhaustion in war has killed more states than any
foreign assailant." -- BH Liddell Hart.
