Coal is the new black gold

Coal is the new black gold

EDITOR:

The purpose of this letter is to provide a ray of hope to the predicament confronting readers of this column regarding the bleak outlook caused by the current petroleum crisis.

I feel that the current problems that we are encountering is a softer version of 9/11. No matter what the Saudis tell us, the fact is they really hate us. Osama Bin Ladin is a royal prince of the Saudi family. The majority of the terrorists that hijacked the planes that destroyed the World Trade Center and killed more than 3,000 people were Saudis. Their goal is to destroy the U.S.A. and to impose their religious beliefs on the non Islamic people of the world. They have proven over and over again their disdain of the values that we hold dear to us.

In 1979 the Saudis forced Aramco to leave Saudi Arabia mainly because Aramco knew too much. I spent about three years of my life in the Middle East and learned a lot about the people and their beliefs. Today the Saudis are pumping millions of gallons of sea water into their oil wells in an attempt to get more oil out of their wells. That sends a clear message that their oil reservoirs are running low. The oil producing cartels have lowered the capacity of a barrel of oil from 55 gallons to 42 gallons. We have always considered a barrel of liquid as 55 gallons. O.P.E.C. has changed that figure to 42 gallons.

Now for the good news. A little obscure American company has developed technology that can (and is) turning dirty coal into clean, pure oil. This technology could bring the cost of a barrel of oil down to about $35 a barrel, resulting in gasoline at about $1 per gallon.

The U.S.A., China, India, and the Philippines are currently building massive plants to accomplish what I have revealed. This technology should restore to our economy the value of the dollar and restore American prestige and dominance on the world economic scene.

BEN PAULSEY

Warren

What’s The Point? Former board member can tell you

EDITOR:

An article appeared in The Vindicator about the Greater Youngstown Point Inc. (The Point). This agency was organized in the early 1990s in answer to a survey about homelessness in the Youngstown area. It was proposed by the Mahoning Valley Association of Churches.

The downtown churches, especially those on Wick Avenue sent two members as representatives to form a committee to look at the problem. I was one of those church members who eventually became a board member of the Greater Youngstown Point, Inc. I was on the board from the beginning, until leaving in 2000.

The Point has always been a struggling organization, never sure of funding or board representation. But, it fills the need for a place (daytime drop-in center) where homeless people can get off the streets, find help and find a friendly face.

So far, the best location for this to happen is their current address on Wick Avenue.

SALLY DUNKIN

Vienna