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Understanding U. S. Foreign Oil Dependence

By
Robert C. Gaylord, CEO
Stratigent, Inc.

Environmentalists, politicians and journalists warn of the dire consequences of US dependence on foreign oil. The United States is accused of running a foreign policy based entirely on petro-centric interests and of fighting wars solely for the purpose of ensuring the free flow of oil at market prices. The US is criticized for its dependence on foreign oil, especially Mideast oil and for tolerating tyrants and despots in the quest for cheap affordable oil. So what is the truth about the US and its nasty little oil habit?

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Osama bin Laden and Terror Incorporated

By
Robert C. Gaylord,CEO
Stratigent, Inc.

Back in 1994 an unknown Mideast advisor to the Secretary of the Air Force was researching events between the nations of North and South Yemen when he crossed the trail of an individual whose background, wealth, training and ideology caused the analyst to drop what he was doing and write an immediate warning memorandum to the Secretary of the Air Force and the AF Chief of Staff.

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BACKGROUND REPORT: VLJ INDUSTRY AND COMMUNITY AIRPORTS

By
Robert C. Gaylord
CEO Stratigent, Inc.

Very Light Jets (VLJs) are a new phenomenon in aviation. They are a new category of jet aircraft being produced by as many as six major players and an additional host of "wannabees".

Eclipse Aircraft founder Vern Raburn, former Microsoft executive, had the initial vision of a low cost jet to be delivered for under $1,000,000.00 and produced in large numbers, up to 1,000 per year. For perspective, that is 3 times the entire number of conventional business jets delivered in 2003. With the idea of putting a "plane on every corner to be hailed like a taxicab" the idea was to not only build an aircraft but to change forever the charter and fractional business model - this was not an idea, it was a phenomenon.

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