Please see: North Korea's Warlike Noises by Maria Tomchick January 15, 2003 http://eatthestate.org/07-10/NorthKoreasWarlike.htm
>One problem, they have nothing to put in the ethanol plants as stock, and >not enough people to run them. People they have, and k5's nice plan would go very well with sustainable agricultural development projects (local-level, not so-called "Green Revolution"-type crap) that could provide not only the ethanol feedstock but the very much needed food feedstock too, since the two don't compete. Best Keith >The US promised fuel and power not in exchange for arms reductions, but, in >return for the NK to not use it's nuclear power plant, ( because the plant >is one that the spent fuel can be processed into nuclear weapons ), When the >US found out that NK had nuclear weapons made from the plant material, they >suspended shipments of the oil until the NKs got rid of their weapons. NK >didn't want to do this so they started the plant back up and started making >more weapons. > >It has been my understanding ( and someone correct me if I am wrong ), that >if NK disassembled the weapons, and stopped using the plant, that the oil >would flow again. > >Greg H. > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "k5farms" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 09:56 >Subject: [biofuel] Gifts to North Korea > > > > As an US'er. I'm really ignorant of their customs or ways, but > > correct me if I might be wrong. The US has promised fuel and power in > > exchange for arms reductions. They stopped sending fuel and NK has a > > slight problem w/ that. > > So, what kind of statement would be made if the US went in and > > offered to build enough ethanol plants, small ones, containerized, to > > replace all the energy they had promised. And then to be able to do > > it for decades, a sustainable deal to promote sustainability through > > a friendship that could only grow. Also showing the gov't what > > empowering their own people can do to morale. > > > > In reality, it would only cost 1/20 of what would sending oil every > > year, would they "feel" shortchanged?? Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
