Gas for people

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" background="04b785a3.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Councillor Keith Martin </B></FONT><B>     |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Councillor Keith Martin "><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="news21.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="News"><U><I><B><U>Back to news page</U></B></I></U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <IMG SRC="08c89bd0.jpg" border=0 width="137" height="189" ALT="Large photo Councillor Keith Martin" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <bR> <div> Here is my four step solution to the Rossport issue.<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> 1 Nationalise the Gas.</div> <div> 2 Pay Shell off (we're rich so lets pay).</div> <div> 3 Refine the Gas Offshore using a contracted company.</div> <div> 4 Bring the Gas ashore and sell it to the people of Ireland via Bord Gais. </div> <bR> <div> The costs of paying off Shell and hiring a contracted company to bring the Gas safely ashore will be meet by the future profits from the Gas. </div> <div> Additional profits should go into the bank to save for a national rainy day. Norway uses this system and has €22,000 saved for every man, woman and child directly from its profits from North Sea oil. It also plows a lot of the money in public services such as the health system.<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> This is a democratic system whereby by national Gas resources are owned by the people, run for the benefit of the people and for the use of the people. It is a win-win situation except for the Gas companies who would exploit our natural resources at the cheapest price.<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>