well, you should never, never believe the claims of marketing people or those with an interest in stock prices and funding! there was a time when "power too cheap to meter" was promised early in the development of nuclear power, you know, the stuff that is actually the most expensive power ever generated, even before disposal cost. Howard Winter wrote: ----- > British Gas has just announced a price increase (of > about 12% I think) "due to dwindling supplies". We've > been getting Natural Gas out of the North Sea for about > thirty years, and originally they seemed to think it > would last for "the forseeable future". Obviously they > weren't very farsighted! ------- -- proof that the U.S. media is now state controlled! Ask your' local tv station why the hell they aren't airing the news any more! Our system of government requires an informed public, with their eyes open. -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body