I sort of agree with this except that oil industry profits are at all time record highs. They've never made more money. Prices are being kept artificially high. A corporate conspiracy? In this case, yeah. ' ----- Original Message ----- From: Lawrence Helm To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: 4/29/2006 8:00:59 PM Subject: [lit-ideas] Niall Ferguson on high oil prices http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2006/04/30/do3003.xml&DCMP=EMC-new_30042006 Niall Ferguson on high oil prices and the viable alternative to the continued use of petroleum. Lawrence