Re: [biofuel] Re: banning the oil field & illiteracy

2003-02-12 Thread Kim & Garth Travis
Gordon Dempsey wrote: > >I felt that this was important to help others help themselves. As > industry changes, I hope that there will be a sense of responsibility in the > industry to educate in some manner, the hard working laborers who are just > as important in getting the job done

RE: [biofuel] Re: banning the oil field & illiteracy

2003-02-11 Thread James Slayden
Kim, one only needs a high school education to produce biodiesel, if even that! Driving a truck to get oil and deliver BD also is fairly low level on the education scale. I'm sure that a small/mid level producer could employ 3-5 people per site. There really isn't any barriers to entry to mid l

RE: [biofuel] Re: banning the oil field & illiteracy

2003-02-11 Thread Gordon Dempsey
This is not horn blowing, just a surprised reaction. Comments at the end. I do know Halliburton and Schlumberger, very well. And BJ Services. They are the big 3 in oil field service and have many employees with less than grade 8. I have met complete illiterates that work for these companies, no