" And a long time ago some oil companies were trying to build a pipeline through Afghanistan."
Pipelines are a big issue. Then there is this: Bounty of Rare Earths Discovered in Afghanistan Recent exploration of rare volcanic rocks in the rugged, dangerous desert of southern Afghanistan has identified world-class concentrations of rare earth elements, *the prized group of raw materials that are essential in the manufacture of many modern technologies, from electric cars to solar panels.* So far, geologists say, they have mapped one million metric tons of these critical elements, which include lanthanum, cerium and neodymium. That's enough to supply the world's rare earth needs for 10 years based on current consumption, points out Robert Tucker, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) scientist who is the lead author on a report released on September 14. And from clues his team gathered during three high-security reconnaissance missions to the site, he suspects the deposit is actually much larger. "I fully expect that our estimates are conservative," Tucker told *Scientific American*. "With more time, and with more people doing proper exploration, it could become a major, major discovery." http://www.livescience.com/16315-rare-earth-elements-afghanistan.html The rare earth materials are secondary. The pipelines are the real prize. This is from 2002 and lays out how the US bases are built along the route of pipelines. U.S. Bases in Afghanistan and Oil Pipeline Politics ( http://www.wanttoknow.info/020318chicagotribune ). No one seems to know anything anymore or they can't put two and two together. It's a shame. J - Ninety percent of politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation. - Henry Kissinger Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, go out and buy some more tunnel. - John Quinton ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:364711 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
