OPEC openly blackmailing the West

Skybird · 06-06-07, 06:47 AM

http://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/0,1518,487000,00.html

It certainly is no surprise, but it is a nice reminder of the nature of this cartel, and the intolerable vulnerability of the West.

The OPEC president has warned of doing too much research for alternative energies and trying to continue developing bio-fules. He said that this practice will make OPEC to significantly reduce it's investements into oil producing facilities, which would make oil prices hitting through the ceiling.

No further comment needed, I assume. It's almost kind of a war declaration.

Jimbuna · 06-06-07, 07:17 AM

This has always been their kind of response to alternative energy development. There are a few countries in the gulf that have less than 25 years known oil reserves left, and this factor alone clearly (in their opinion) leaves them vulnerable to oppression from some of their better off neighbours.

KevinB · 06-06-07, 08:31 AM

My heart bleeds for them. This organistion as well as the oil companies have us over a barrell (pun intended).
Just try and invent something that runs without oil or gas and see what happens to you.

I remember reading some years ago the editor of a magazine I subsribe to was contacted by a man who had invented a process where a car could run on water. An appointment was set up with the magazine for a demonstration.
Later that day the man called the editor and said he wasn't going ahead with demonstration because when he finished speaking with him earlier, he received a call from someone who said if he went ahead with the demonstration, his family would be mailed to him in pieces. Nice people!

August · 06-06-07, 08:57 AM

Bah that is nothing! Look at what the Sudanese are threatening!

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...053002157.html

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"I want you to know that the gum arabic which runs all the soft drinks all over the world, including the United States, mainly 80 percent is imported from my country," the ambassador said after raising a bottle of Coca-Cola. A reporter asked if Sudan was threatening to "stop the export of gum arabic and bring down the Western world."
"I can stop that gum arabic and all of us will have lost this," Khartoum Karl warned anew, beckoning to the Coke bottle. "But I don't want to go that way."
As diplomatic threats go, that one gets high points for creativity: Try to stop the killings in Darfur, and we'll take away your Coca-Cola.

The Avon Lady · 06-06-07, 09:09 AM

NO!!!!!!

The Avon Lady · 06-06-07, 09:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Skybird

The OPEC president has warned of doing too much research for alternative energies

Yet at the same time those crafty Saudis have developed an advanced process which reduces fuel consumption by 50% and is not within reach of the western world. :hmm:

Jimbuna · 06-06-07, 09:56 AM

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Originally Posted by August

Bah that is nothing! Look at what the Sudanese are threatening!

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...053002157.html

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"I want you to know that the gum arabic which runs all the soft drinks all over the world, including the United States, mainly 80 percent is imported from my country," the ambassador said after raising a bottle of Coca-Cola. A reporter asked if Sudan was threatening to "stop the export of gum arabic and bring down the Western world."
"I can stop that gum arabic and all of us will have lost this," Khartoum Karl warned anew, beckoning to the Coke bottle. "But I don't want to go that way."
As diplomatic threats go, that one gets high points for creativity: Try to stop the killings in Darfur, and we'll take away your Coca-Cola.

We'd better get used to drinking beer then!!

Jimbuna · 06-06-07, 10:00 AM

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Originally Posted by The Avon Lady

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Originally Posted by Skybird

The OPEC president has warned of doing too much research for alternative energies

Yet at the same time those crafty Saudis have developed an advanced process which reduces fuel consumption by 50% and is not within reach of the western world. :hmm:

Those women need to be careful....next they'll be allowing them to bear children and do the washing

Letum · 06-06-07, 10:12 AM

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Originally Posted by The Avon Lady

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Originally Posted by Skybird

The OPEC president has warned of doing too much research for alternative energies

Yet at the same time those crafty Saudis have developed an advanced process which reduces fuel consumption by 50% and is not within reach of the western world. :hmm:

Thats a seriously bizzare discussion!

The Avon Lady · 06-06-07, 10:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Letum

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Avon Lady

Quote:

Originally Posted by Skybird

The OPEC president has warned of doing too much research for alternative energies

Yet at the same time those crafty Saudis have developed an advanced process which reduces fuel consumption by 50% and is not within reach of the western world. :hmm:

Thats a seriously bizzare discussion!

Have a field day with these - 7 pages of them.

Jimbuna · 06-06-07, 10:33 AM

@AL

ROFLMAO :rotfl:

bradclark1 · 06-06-07, 12:03 PM

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Originally Posted by KevinB

I remember reading some years ago the editor of a magazine I subsribe to was contacted by a man who had invented a process where a car could run on water.

That old wives tale has been around forever(as in decades). If that were true it would be a matter of national security.

Heibges · 06-06-07, 12:20 PM

You guys are a bunch of commies.

:rotfl:

My cable company, Comcast, operates largely the same way.

tycho102 · 06-06-07, 01:32 PM

I guess the jizyah could be called "blackmail".

It's just a specific type of blackmail.

Skybird · 06-06-07, 03:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Heibges

You guys are a bunch of commies.

:rotfl:

My cable company, Comcast, operates largely the same way.

Communist Casting? Is it a KGB-recruiting show?

06-06-07, 06:47 AM	#1
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,609 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	OPEC openly blackmailing the West http://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/0,1518,487000,00.html It certainly is no surprise, but it is a nice reminder of the nature of this cartel, and the intolerable vulnerability of the West. The OPEC president has warned of doing too much research for alternative energies and trying to continue developing bio-fules. He said that this practice will make OPEC to significantly reduce it's investements into oil producing facilities, which would make oil prices hitting through the ceiling. No further comment needed, I assume. It's almost kind of a war declaration. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert. Last edited by Skybird; 06-06-07 at 07:29 AM.

06-06-07, 07:17 AM	#2
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,500 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	This has always been their kind of response to alternative energy development. There are a few countries in the gulf that have less than 25 years known oil reserves left, and this factor alone clearly (in their opinion) leaves them vulnerable to oppression from some of their better off neighbours. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

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The Avon Lady Über Mom Join Date: May 2005 Location: Jerusalem, Israel Posts: 6,147 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	NO!!!!!! __________________ "Victory will come to us from the wombs of our women." - Houari Boumedienne, President of Algeria, Speech before the UN, 1974

06-06-07, 10:33 AM	#11
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,500 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	@AL ROFLMAO :rotfl: __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

06-06-07, 12:20 PM	#13
Heibges Sea Lord Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: San Francisco, California Posts: 1,633 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	You guys are a bunch of commies. :rotfl: My cable company, Comcast, operates largely the same way. __________________ U.Kdt.Hdb B. I. 28) This possibility of using the hydrophone to help in detecting surface ships should, however, be restricted to those cases where the submarine is unavoidably compelled to stay below the surface. http://www.hackworth.com/

06-06-07, 08:31 AM	#3
KevinB Planesman Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Milton Keynes Posts: 195 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	My heart bleeds for them. This organistion as well as the oil companies have us over a barrell (pun intended). Just try and invent something that runs without oil or gas and see what happens to you. I remember reading some years ago the editor of a magazine I subsribe to was contacted by a man who had invented a process where a car could run on water. An appointment was set up with the magazine for a demonstration. Later that day the man called the editor and said he wasn't going ahead with demonstration because when he finished speaking with him earlier, he received a call from someone who said if he went ahead with the demonstration, his family would be mailed to him in pieces. Nice people!

06-06-07, 01:32 PM	#14
tycho102 Ace of the Deep Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 1,100 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I guess the jizyah could be called "blackmail". It's just a specific type of blackmail.