I don't know if those oil tankers were transporting oil before entering Lake Michigan. Don't think any articles mentioned what they were doing before they were caught filling up on water.

Yes, ships have been caught taking on Lake Michigan water. Each state legislature has been forced to pass laws to protect the largest supply of fresh water in the world. (the Great Lakes)
In 1999 Nova Group Ltd. obtained a permit from the Ontario government to export 600 millions litres of water annually from Lake Superior to Asia.
Water has been classed as a commodity under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) since the 1980s.

On Aug 2, 2010 at 8:38PM jay4 of Colorado Springs wrote: "Only the illiterate (who couldn't or didn't) read the article say it was a "waste of time & money"." Someone should tell Mr jay4 of Colorado Springs that it is not polite to ridicule those that choose to be ignorant. There's nothing wrong with it, ... it's just not polite.

On the "CCMP invests $345 mln for stake in Chaparral " story. So far, you are the only one that caught it. Guess it will be our little joke ... ;0)

Thanks for your comments on the "Europe Won’t Match U.S. Shale Boom Soon to Gazprom’s Relief " story.
I was getting really worried as I read through the posts .... no one seemed to even understand what the article is about and what is really at stake ... then I came to your comment and realized there is hope and a spark of intelligent life left on this planet .....
LOL .... kudos ;0)

Your words are a bit slurry. You wrote: "Coloradeo! High cost of energy, water, and waate disposal."

May you and your family have wonderful Christmas and 2010!

Nice to see your continual efforts to educate GB's on Ethanol.

I wish you a late Happy Thanksgiving! It's still 26th here in Winnipeg for at least 40 min.

We had a BMW Isetta in my small town in Maine in the later 1950's.