[FRIAM] A Good Question - Should the United States join OPEC?

2012-02-27 Thread Owen Densmore
Now for something completely different: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/26/opinion/sunday/friedman-a-good-question.html Basically whether or not the US should join OPEC now that it is a net oil exporter. Insane as it sounds, there is some reason in the discussion. -- Owen

Re: [FRIAM] A Good Question - Should the United States join OPEC?

2012-02-27 Thread Sarbajit Roy
Insane as it sounds, A better question is if the US should first join the OIC (Organisation of Islamic Cooperation) considering that the US has more Muslims (5+ million) than half OIC's member nations. On 2/27/12, Owen Densmore wrote: > Now for something completely different: > > http://www.nytim

Re: [FRIAM] A Good Question - Should the United States join OPEC?

2012-02-27 Thread Alfredo Covaleda
I suspect that both South American members of the OPEC are not interested in such a bright idea. Maybe later when right returns. By the way, although Hispanic population in USA exceeds the population of the most populated hispanic country in South America and We are just at three flying hours fr

Re: [FRIAM] A Good Question - Should the United States join OPEC?

2012-02-27 Thread Hugh Trenchard
rticle. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/graphic/2008/07/26/GR2008072601599.html http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdsdigital/4056035804/ - Original Message - From: Owen Densmore To: Complexity Coffee Group Sent: Monday, February 27, 2012 9:14 AM Subject: [FRIAM] A Good Questi

Re: [FRIAM] A Good Question - Should the United States join OPEC?

2012-02-27 Thread Owen Densmore
07/26/GR2008072601599.html > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdsdigital/4056035804/ > > - Original Message - > *From:* Owen Densmore > *To:* Complexity Coffee Group > *Sent:* Monday, February 27, 2012 9:14 AM > *Subject:* [FRIAM] A Good Question - Should

Re: [FRIAM] A Good Question - Should the United States join OPEC?

2012-02-27 Thread Russ Abbott
ttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/graphic/2008/07/26/GR2008072601599.html >> >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdsdigital/4056035804/ >> >> - Original Message - >> *From:* Owen Densmore >> *To:* Complexity Coffee Group >> *Sent:* Monday, February

Re: [FRIAM] A Good Question - Should the United States join OPEC?

2012-02-27 Thread Hugh Trenchard
ject: [FRIAM] A Good Question - Should the United States join OPEC? Now for something completely different: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/26/opinion/sunday/friedman-a-good-question.html Basically whether or not the US should join OPEC now that it is a ne

Re: [FRIAM] A Good Question - Should the United States join OPEC?

2012-02-28 Thread Alfredo Covaleda
le. >>> >>> >>> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/graphic/2008/07/26/GR2008072601599.html >>> >>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdsdigital/4056035804/ >>> >>> - Original Message - >>> *From:* Owen Densmore >>> *

Re: [FRIAM] A Good Question - Should the United States join OPEC?

2012-02-28 Thread Hugh Trenchard
asphalt, road oil, still gas, and miscellaneous products." - Original Message - From: Russ Abbott To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group Cc: Hugh Trenchard Sent: Monday, February 27, 2012 7:47 PM Subject: Re: [FRIAM] A Good Question - Should the United States

Re: [FRIAM] A Good Question - Should the United States join OPEC?

2012-02-28 Thread Joshua Thorp
miscellaneous products." > - Original Message - > From: Russ Abbott > To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group > Cc: Hugh Trenchard > Sent: Monday, February 27, 2012 7:47 PM > Subject: Re: [FRIAM] A Good Question - Shoul

Re: [FRIAM] A Good Question - Should the United States join OPEC?

2012-02-29 Thread Hugh Trenchard
-- From: Joshua Thorp To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:01 PM Subject: Re: [FRIAM] A Good Question - Should the United States join OPEC? This sounds right to me. There is a lot of finger wagging at Iran for not having domestic ca

Re: [FRIAM] A Good Question - Should the United States join OPEC?

2012-02-29 Thread Arlo Barnes
Gasland was an excellent movie. It's point was that gas is not the clean fuel it advertises to be, it just shifts some (not even all) of it's impact from when it is used by the consumer to when it is extracted. It is not just fracking, although of course that worsens things; gas drilling is just a

Re: [FRIAM] A Good Question - Should the United States join OPEC?

2012-02-29 Thread qef
plexity Coffee Group Sent: Wed, Feb 29, 2012 10:12 am Subject: Re: [FRIAM] A Good Question - Should the United States join OPEC? Thanks for responding. Of course with natural gas, the first thing comes to my mind is "Gasland'. But I suppose if some ot those environmental issues can be

Re: [FRIAM] A Good Question - Should the United States join OPEC?

2012-02-29 Thread David Mirly
Hugh Trenchard > To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group > Sent: Wed, Feb 29, 2012 10:12 am > Subject: Re: [FRIAM] A Good Question - Should the United States join OPEC? > > Thanks for responding. Of course with natural gas, the first thing comes to > my mind is