<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21166121.post114107480237643228..comments</id><updated>2008-05-07T16:09:22.303-07:00</updated><category term='garbage'/><category term='obama'/><category term='gas price'/><category term='mccain'/><category term='food security'/><category term='recycling'/><category term='financial crisis'/><category term='politics'/><category term='neuroscience. palin'/><category term='GDP'/><category term='Green'/><category term='neuroscience'/><category term='environment'/><category term='happiness'/><category term='memory'/><category term='peak oil'/><category term='debate'/><category term='farm'/><title type='text'>Comments on clear thinking: MAD Petrodollars</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.georgesonbay.com/feeds/114107480237643228/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21166121/114107480237643228/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.georgesonbay.com/2006/02/mad-petrodollars.html'/><author><name>Peter B. Reiner</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21166121.post-114124229292447502</id><published>2006-03-01T11:44:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-03-01T11:44:00.000-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Not every nation prefers to trade in dollars.  Eur...</title><content type='html'>Not every nation prefers to trade in dollars.  Europe, obviously would benefit, and the advantage would increase as oil rises and the dollar falls (which amont to much the same thing).  Russia has made no secret of its desire to trade in Euros.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;China, a key player in this Great Game, is being cagey, but it is becoming clear that they will do whatever it takes to secure their energy supplies.  Eventually they will come into direct conflict with the US.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21166121/114107480237643228/comments/default/114124229292447502'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21166121/114107480237643228/comments/default/114124229292447502'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.georgesonbay.com/2006/02/mad-petrodollars.html?showComment=1141242240000#c114124229292447502' title=''/><author><name>NeonTetra</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14828996059165152197</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.georgesonbay.com/2006/02/mad-petrodollars.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21166121.post-114107480237643228' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21166121/posts/default/114107480237643228' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1669698963'/></entry></feed>
