In article , Ron Bean says...

Also, in a petroleum-based economy, there's the question of how
fast we can pump oil out of the ground when 1.4 billion Chinese
suddenly want as much of it as we do.

I think it was Gary Coffman who made the interesting point
that China gets about 1/3 of its oil from Iraq. Maybe
'ol GWB isn't so crazy after all.

Jim

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