Gerhard,

On Thu, 27 Apr 2006 10:17:58 -0300, Gerhard Fiedler wrote:

> James Newtons Massmind wrote:
> 
>...
> > But the enemy of my enemy is my friend. 
> 
> Ouch... why is it that this fallacy is so popular? Haven't there been
> enough examples yet to show that this doesn't work? 

Hear Hear!  This ludicrously simplistic view (and its other forms) have lead to so many foreign policy 
catastrophes in the past, that surely it's time so scrap it?
 
> Funny that nobody mentioned the IMO biggest energy source: more efficient
> use. 
> 
> US total consumption: 100 P BTU/year, or 350 GJ/person/year 
> Germany total consumption: 14 P BTU/year, or 200 GJ/person/year

Errr... some problem with the arithmetic here, I'm afaid! 

If 100 P BTU = 350 GJ (and I haven't worked it out) then 14 P BTU must be 49 GJ.

Cheers,


Howard Winter
St.Albans, England


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