From: "Glenn Meadows" 

Paul Harvey had a report on he morning new report that I caught in passing..

'Twas about Mobile/Exxon drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, about 10 miles
down, on their way to hitting an oil reserve estimated to be one of the
largest in the world so far.  Something like 1 million pounds of pipe going
in.  He was talking about computer control of drill heads 10 miles down
from where the ship is positioned.  His comment/observation was that with
this reserve, the US could be a huge step closer to being foreign oil
independent.

Haven't read anything else about the project/field find, but if true, is an
interesting development, and one not yet making much news splash in the
MSM.

--

Glenn M.
"Tony Williams"  wrote in message
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> Phil Payne wrote:
>>>> Yet another childish GOP distraction from the only issue
of the day -
>> the
>>>> USA's disaster in Iraq.
>>
>>> The mess in the middle east is insignificant compared to the mess we're
>>> making of the climate.
>>
>> That's not the issue of the day but the issue of the decade.
>
> On the other hand the middle east's been a mess for millennia, not just
> since the oil reserves out there became useful to the west. We have a
> prefect opportunity to stay well out of it and concentrate on making sure
> we don't need their oil. Callous, maybe, but we seem to have done more
> harm than good in Iraq by getting involved - even if it was for noble
> humanitarian reasons as some still insist.
>
>> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/06/27/nolive27.xml
&sSheet=/news/2006/06/27/ixuknews.html
>>
>> He said temperatures had risen so much he believed the climate in
>> southern
>> England would be hot enough for olive cultivation. "The
question is, have
>> I
>> done this 10 or 20 years too early?" he said. "I don't
think so."
>
> Hah! Just wait till the gulf stream shuts down and England gets a climate
> more in line with its latitude.
>
> --
> Tony

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