GR & oil

[Doug Millison]

Frank Viviano is a respected newspaper journalist and
author of a recently published book, about Sicily, I
believe.  I don't know him personally, but as far as I
do know, he's got a good reputation.

You might consider forwarding your information
directly to him.

I would expect there are all kinds of numbers
available  about the oil business, and all sorts of
ways to interpret them.

Oil was an important element in the Vietnam War, too
-- access to oil in that part of the world --  during
the time that Pynchon was writing GR.  I think it's
pretty clear that GR refers to the post-WWII period
and to specifically to the Vietnam war.



Terrance <lycidas2 at earthlink.net> wrote:

> BTW, Doug, you sent us an article from the SF Times
> on oil reserves. 
> The figures in that article are misleading.  In fact
> the way they have
> been included leads me to suspect that the author
> may not be simply
> ignorant of the facts, but deliberately misleads his
> readers. 
> 
> If you care to see real figures on oil reserves I'll
> be more than happy
> to send them along. 
>  
> 
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