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pan6467 · 11-02-2005, 08:49 PM

I love the idea and belief that companies do not need to throw big money into research and development.

Thinking like that would have had us still driving Model T's, a DOS OS for pc's, we'd have never reached the moon and flat screened tv's we'd be lucky to have color.

But BP is big oil and we KNOW oil will be our main power source forever, it's clean, plentiful and cheap and so BP doesn't need to throw any money at all into R&D. Hell, 1 billion is far too generous..... I say screw the R&D and let's not put anything in and that way when someone does come out with a newer source of energy we have the money to buy the rights and patents out from under him.

11-02-2005, 08:49 PM	#28 (permalink)
pan6467 Lennonite Priest Location: Mansfield, Ohio USA	I love the idea and belief that companies do not need to throw big money into research and development. Thinking like that would have had us still driving Model T's, a DOS OS for pc's, we'd have never reached the moon and flat screened tv's we'd be lucky to have color. But BP is big oil and we KNOW oil will be our main power source forever, it's clean, plentiful and cheap and so BP doesn't need to throw any money at all into R&D. Hell, 1 billion is far too generous..... I say screw the R&D and let's not put anything in and that way when someone does come out with a newer source of energy we have the money to buy the rights and patents out from under him. __________________ I just love people who use the excuse "I use/do this because I LOVE the feeling/joy/happiness it brings me" and expect you to be ok with that as you watch them destroy their life blindly following. My response is, "I like to put forks in an eletrical socket, just LOVE that feeling, can't ever get enough of it, so will you let me put this copper fork in that electric socket?" Last edited by pan6467; 11-02-2005 at 08:51 PM..