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Jul. 22nd, 2004
oily, sleazy talk
Jul. 22nd, 2004 08:05 pmhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubbert_peak
This is why the Iraq war is happening. This is not, I should note, about Dick Cheney's greed... this is about pure control over a finite resource, both for our own use and to keep the rest of the world under our thumb.
I think it's true that, if the president were to go on TV and say, "This isn't about terrorism, or about Saddam Hussein being a bad guy... global oil production is about to start declining, and when it does we'd rather the United States be on the sweet side of that," then most Americans would be like, yeah, okay, you do what you have to do. But the problem is, to warn of an impending, irreversible decline in oil production is likely to have similar effects upon the economy as the arrival of the actual decline.
There's also the consequence of openly admitting to the world that we're in direct competition with them for a vital and dwindling resource. Like it's not that Europe and China aren't as aware of the situation as we are, but their leadership is also loath to discuss it, for the reason I just gave... once the word is out, they can be more overt in their methods to resist US maneuvering.
If you see the Iraq invasion in these terms --the primary goal being to get Iraq oil production back up to a point where it can help put off the decline and stabilize oil prices, and the secondary goal having this resource under our control-- I'm not sure we're doing so well.
This is why the Iraq war is happening. This is not, I should note, about Dick Cheney's greed... this is about pure control over a finite resource, both for our own use and to keep the rest of the world under our thumb.
I think it's true that, if the president were to go on TV and say, "This isn't about terrorism, or about Saddam Hussein being a bad guy... global oil production is about to start declining, and when it does we'd rather the United States be on the sweet side of that," then most Americans would be like, yeah, okay, you do what you have to do. But the problem is, to warn of an impending, irreversible decline in oil production is likely to have similar effects upon the economy as the arrival of the actual decline.
There's also the consequence of openly admitting to the world that we're in direct competition with them for a vital and dwindling resource. Like it's not that Europe and China aren't as aware of the situation as we are, but their leadership is also loath to discuss it, for the reason I just gave... once the word is out, they can be more overt in their methods to resist US maneuvering.
If you see the Iraq invasion in these terms --the primary goal being to get Iraq oil production back up to a point where it can help put off the decline and stabilize oil prices, and the secondary goal having this resource under our control-- I'm not sure we're doing so well.
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Jul. 22nd, 2004 09:26 pmNote to self: when overhead fan which has never been dusted has been at idle speed for a year, and is turned up to medium speed, your bedroom will become covered with FILTH.