Wed Mar 31, 2004 5:24 pm by Jabba the Hutt
@shadow
I can't be bothered with hiring cleaning crew. Take it as it is and clean it up yourself.
Ahhhh the Hutt returns to his normal programming. The lair relocation has been tiring. Can't trust these corillians to do anything right...you hear that solo!! Cant do anything right! Bah...he lost another batch of MY cargo on a trade run. I dont want to hear excuses Solo. I should've had your head a while back.
Now back to business. It would seem the HOPE - the Hydrogen Producing Entente is ready to cut back on their production of valuble hydrogen fuel. Major H-fuel sectors in sirus reported a sharp decline in H concentration in the major cloud fields. With looming production shortages and no prospect of new H-fuel sources, the HOPE organization has decided to dramatically cut back the supply of H-fuel. In a statement from the HOPE spokesman: "We have decided to take on the responsibility of preserving the valuble H-fuel resources for later generations. In the face of the upcoming crisis, the GMG, IMG and BMM have made a mandate to restrict supply in hope of cutting back demand." In the upcoming months, HOPE will close off the tap and supply only 85% of current flow. The organization is expecting to keep cutting back the supply 5% every year.
"This is absolutely ridiculous!" screamed Bretonian chief financial minister Brian Woodcock. "How could these people expect the universe to survive on so little fuel supplied to us? I have demanded BMM to explain their actions, founded as a crown coporation, they literally stabbed the Bretonian people in the back."
Liberty's State department issued a more stern warning to the Entente: "Their current action disgusts the citizens of Liberty and surely the citizens of all houses. Not only are they practicing a monopoly over the H-fuel market, they spewed lies of 'saving' the resources for later generations. No such thing! By the research of our Institute of Earth, Ocean, Astrogeoraphical and Natural Resources Research and Development, we found that the current H-fuel level only dropped by 2% in the last 200 years because of extensive mining activities. Surely, by the time that we reached the end of the H-fuel supply, the human race must surely developed a new technology to not use H-fuel as fuel. If the actions of HOPE doesn't stop then Liberty must take steps, politically, economically and even militarily to preserve the rights to pump as much gas we want for the freedom loving people of liberty." When asked by reporters just where can they find the institute of Earth...(INTEROANRED) the spokesman jump off the podium and quickly exited. "Nonsense!" commented astrogeologist Norman Laudaas. "What they failed to tell you was that 97% of the H-fuel supply in sirus are so dilute that you are required to have a ship dragging a net 10 times the surface area of Planet Manhatten, running at light speed through the systems for 10 years to obtain 10 gallons of liquid H-fuel. Its impossible to mine them! So taken that into perspective, the people of sirus is left with only 1% minable H-fuel gas cloud. As for an alternative energy source...i doubt they could come up with anything better then fusion and Hydrogen is the BEST material for our current fusion engines. And there is no such agency as INTEROANRED, thats just fantasy on part of the liberty government high on cardamine."
Political Economist Sauder Liliwipe commented on the events. "Obviously HOPE does forsee the looming crisis of H-fuel shortage. What they are banking on now is to cut supply, boost the price so that they can make large amount of profits for a sustained period until the H-fuel ran out. They would probably go buy a resource rich planet and settle down as the rest of sirus dies off with lack of fuel for transport. Liberty is of course taking the position of 'Spend now worry later.' The threat of use of force could indicate their thirst for expansion and may very well have an excuse to take over HOPE territories to control the H-fuel for themselves. All in all we are screwed!"
Hmmmm...dont worry citizens of sirus, the Hutt has a card up his sleeves...leftover shadow gravimetric tidal engine that harness the infinite energy of hyperspace. Provided of course you can pay for such an exotic engine...Buy em while you can from the Hutt!
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