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I did think about Florida, and you notice I said "not much of anywhere." 
This allows for some error, and I acknowledge Florida.  Anywhere else you 
can think of in the 48 states?

Barbara

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Truman Prevatt" <tprevatt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Barbara McCrary" <bigcreekranch@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Sky Ranch" <skyranch@xxxxxxxx>; "Adrienne Youngblood" 
<adrienne@xxxxxxxx>; <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, July 21, 2006 4:21 PM
Subject: Re: [RC] (RC] Commute - Hybrid Vehicles


> Sugar cane is one of FL's biggest crops. The fertilizer off the sugar 
> plantations in South FL is what is causing all the pollution in the 
> Everglades.
>
> Truman
>
> Barbara McCrary wrote:
> > I doubt we could grow sugar cane much of anywhere in the USA except for 
> > Hawaii, since it is a tropical crop. And the little we could grow would 
> > not supply the nation's needs. Americans are unwilling to give up driving 
> > cars, regardless of what they use for fuel. We couldn't even go back to 
> > horses and buggies, because I'd bet we couldn't grow enough hay to feed 
> > the necessary number of horses. And can you imagine the FUSS most people 
> > would make over manure, flies, smell, etc. on city streets? Oh migosh, 
> > what a fuss. So....we have cars, and we won't give them up, so where do 
> > we go from here?? All I know is that we had better figure out something, 
> > because we are mortgaging our souls to the mid-east countries for oil. 
> > That's more dangerous than I want to think about.
> >
> > Barbara
> > My not-so-humble opinion....
>
>
> --
>
> “With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things 
> and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, 
> that takes religion.” Steven Weinberg – Nobel Laureate, Physics



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