History Ignored = The Price We Pay

With crude oil approaching $110.00usd a barrel we all better hunker down and get very serious about reducing our personal and professional oil consumption. As a young boy in the 1970's I watched my family, who were heavily entrenched in the old-world solvent paste wax industry, get their markets decimated by the 1973 Oil Embargo and the staggering inflation that soon followed. I learned two important lessons: 1) Never trust politicians who pander to the oil industry; 2) Find alternatives for your petroleum/oil-based main stays: In short- Learn to use waterborne technologies that feature HAP's-Free water soluble solvents and resins that are further removed from the crude oil food chain. A well engineered waterborne coating should feature P-Series glycols (propylene series), which are derived from propylene oxide. When neutralized with water the propylene oxide becomes highly stable very safe to use...