Hardly worth the effort :-), but ...

>> For example (only) if acquiring as much of the world's Palladium
>> ASASASAP
>> was liable to make a substantial difference to the widespread
>> implementability of CF then palladium acquisition by *every* means
>> possible may seem suitably compelling to merit implementation.

> Well, in this case, maybe. But then... imagine the US (or any other)
> government trying to buy up all available Palladium. I don't think
> that the
> traders worldwide are so disconnected as to not notice that --
> probably the
> next day this hits the trading news. And I don't think that the
> scientists
> worldwide are so far off the track once they hear from the traders
> what's
> going on with Palladium and the US (or any other) government.

I don't think that

           >>> ... acquiring as much of the world's Palladium ASASASAP

or

        >>> ... palladium acquisition by *every* means possible
        >>> may seem suitably compelling to merit implementation.
        >>> Stand clear!!!

are (necessarily) subsets of "buy"

:-)

or

:-(

ie this genie is so very very very large that the world would never be
the same again in all sorts of ways, so some people may decide, ...



        Russell


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