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Leave oil in ground

Fri., Jan. 29, 2016

If gold were as abundant as grains of sand, it would have no value. Since oil is abundant right now, of course it has less value. So, in order to make oil more valuable, we should leave it in the ground longer.

Actually, gold has limited uses. Sand (silica) has many uses. For the sake of the environment and our health, please let us use silica more and oil less.

Candy Frankel

Spokane

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