Those of you using a program like Lotus Notes or Outlook; drag this
message to your calendar, and set it on some date in August or September
of 2004, when it will seem that complaining about "$1.19 fuel" is almost
unbelievable.

Events in the Middle East, Bush's self-styled "War", combined with
OPEC's tenuous grip on supply, and Russia's increasing dominance of
production are all like a big zit, getting ready to pop. Many things
across this land rely on $1.19 fuel, and will cease to exist when fuel
tops $2.50 or $3.50 a gallon.

Fast Fact: USA has only 2% of the world's oil reserves (including the
paltry puddle up in ANWR).

$.99 carrots from Peru, $18 sneakers from China, four-for-a-dollar light
bulbs from Taiwan are all brought to you by dirt-cheap fuel.

Wal*Mart (and every retailer built on a distributed logistics/Big Box
model) will find their model doesn't work anymore when it costs more to
TRANSPORT the cheap TV from Mexico to Cincinnati than it costs for them
to buy it.

Hold on to your hats, and enjoy the end of the 100-year-long "Cheap
Fuel" party.

G. Matthew Bulley

Inspired Creator and Grand Emporer of the
Excellent VW Heat, No Noise, No Rust Web Page
http://www.bulley-hewlett.com/
Owner of too many VW's to mention
Mount Olive, NC

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf
Of Jon Sykes
Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2002 1:43 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Gas went up $0.13 a gal overnight what's up?

Diesel's still $1.19