Mind you, the last time it was tried it cost a lot more oil than it has generated, but you never know ... look around and there might be a better, safer bet. Nigeria, maybe. 8-)# {ducks, runs for cover} I've been accused of being a Marxist, yet while Harpo's my favourite, it's Groucho I'm always quoting. Odd, that.
I assume the people have access to good quality plastic sheeting and duct tape (as recommended by their government's anti-terror agency or some such...)to tighten up those cracks in their crappy houses a bit.
You know, when Homeland Security was trying to decide on a symbol, my father suggested an eagle soaring up with a strip of duct tape stretched between its talons. My aunt, always the super-serious bureaucrat, did not see the humor.
Anyway, I suspect you're right. It'd be uncomfortable, but talk of people freezing to death on a large scale is difficult to imagine. Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
