In reply to Taylor J. Smith's message of Tue, 20 Feb 2007 16:26:25 +0000: Hi, [snip] >Oil futures peaked at an intraday high of $78.40 on July >14, 2006, but averaged $66.25 for 2006, compared with >$56.70 in 2005 and $41.47 per barrel in 2004. > >Now, a world oil glut appears to be developing. So Bush >will have to bomb the Iranian oil fields in order to >achieve an average 2007 price of $80 per barrel. [snip] Just threatening to, may be enough. Regards,
Robin van Spaandonk http://users.bigpond.net.au/rvanspaa/ Competition (capitalism) provides the motivation, Cooperation (communism) provides the means.