FYI, Maybe if the truckers do the same thing here, we might get rid of that !@#$%^&*()_+=- environmental protection agency. visit my web site at http://www.voicenet.com/~wbacon My ICQ# is 79071904 ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 15:42:15 -0700 From: John G. Gunderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: ACT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Fwd: [DanMeador] BRITISH & EUROPEANS RESIST OIL PRICES] Dan Meador wrote: > The following NewsHawk message, which includes a Reuters article, > reflects the disposition of folks in Europe and the British Isles > concerning oil prices. > > Taxes, food prices and energy prices hit everyone in the pocket book, > particularly middle and low income classes. Fuel prices can do severe > damage particularly to independent producers where production depends > on > automated power. The farmer is but one example. > > In the last week, Mark Haines had a Dallas market analyst as co-host > on > Squawk Box (CNBC Financial News) who talked about the logistics of > petroleum. She made some interesting observations. > > Petroleum prices sustained over $25 per barrel for the last year would > > appear to benefit domestic producers. However, the oil bust in 1982 > and > after put domestic exploration in the hole, reducing active drilling > rigs from over 4,000 to the 750-1,000 range. In the nearly two decades > > since, we have lost the skill pool, the experienced worker, so today > our > domestic producers are having to recruit from jails and prisons in > order > to locate experienced people. > > There is also a second serious infrastructure problem: Many of our > inland refineries were simply shut down rather than being upgraded to > current standards so we do not have home refining capacity to support > a > shift back to energy independence. > > The lady made the point that you don't simply pump a bucket of oil out > > of the ground then haul it directly to the gas station. The whole > industry infrastructure is involved. > > Present news from the industry does not suggest short term relief from > > current high gas and diesel prices. Refinery capacity has to be > dedicated to heating oil for the Northeast, so even if OPEC increases > production, limited refining capacity will adversely affect prices at > the pump for some time. > > Is it a trumped-up deal? There were rumors that when we suffered hits > from the two 1970s Arab oil embargoes, American storage tanks were > full > to running over while there was rationing and lines at the pump. > Whether > or not there was abundance in the seventies, and whether or not there > are currently hidden inventories, does not alter the real and present > danger of our infrastructure problems. > > The question is this: Is the United States energy self-sufficient? The > > answer is clear: No, we're not. We're exposed to the whim of a > self-interested international cartel. > > Dan Meador > > > > > From: "NewsHawk Inc." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Organization: NewsHawk Inc. > > 9.12.00 > UK Farmers Vow To Topple Blair Over Fuel// > --Europe In Uproar > > Great Britain's farmers have let it be known that they will bring the > city -- And also the "City" (that financial center of London which is > in > > FACT the financial capital of the WORLD) -- of London down to its > knees > over the outrageously high fuel prices in the U.K. > > And they obviously mean it. And first and foremost, they CLEARLY mean > to > > bring down the Blair government, FAST, if the situation there doesn't > improve in a huge hurry. > > The situation, as well as the actions now being taken by large > numbers of people, is much the same in the rest of Europe and now > beyond, > into former Soviet Bloc countries; though so far the protests in Great > > Britain have been the most severe. > > The uproar in the U.K. and ALL of Europe over the massive, outrageous > and intolerable oil/fuel price gouging and market fixing that has been > > gong on worldwide is growing STEADILY by the hour. > > More European countries including The Netherlands, Poland, > Scandinavia, > Germany, Ireland and Spain have had huge public protests over fuel > prices, as well as blockades of fuel depots and refineries. > > The people of Europe and of Great Britain have laid down the line and > will no longer tolerate what's been going on. > > Our UK sources tell us that DESPITE the major disruptions to certain > services and activities which the powerful fuel depot/refinery > blockades > > there are precipitating, the VAST majority of the British population > SUPPORTS the blockades, and the demands by farmers, truckers and > haulers > > that fuel prices be brought WAY down, and QUICK. > > Hello, America -- ANYBODY HOME?! How long are WE going to tolerate the > > very same extraordinary and malicious manipulations regarding oil and > gas prices in the U.S.? > > What is now going on across Europe is EXACTLY what the American people > > must begin to carry out here. > > > > NewsHawk® Inc. > ±±±±±±±±±±±±±±± > > > WIRE:09/12/2000 15:07:00 ET > Blair Defiant In Face Of Farmers, Truckers-- > Europe Fuel Protests Grow > > > LONDON (Reuters) - Protests against fuel prices blocked highways > across > Europe Tuesday and as pumps ran dry in Britain Prime Minister Tony > Blair > > vowed tough action to move supplies through blockades. Hauliers > furious > at high prices and taxes promised more wildcat action across the > continent. > > > LONDON A TARGET > Blair"s promise came only hours after farmers promised to bring London > > to a standstill. "Blair went running home (to London) with his tail > between his legs, he couldn"t deal with the real feeling of this > country," said farmer David Neave at a blockade near the city of > Manchester. "We"ll strangle London...We will bring it to its knees." > > Blair said police would do what was necessary to protect against > intimidation and had already removed most obstacles. Oil companies > would > > urge drivers to cross peaceful picket lines, he said. The mood has > been > generally peaceful at blockades. Britons pay more for their petrol > than > other Europeans, squeezed by hefty fuel taxes and oil prices hitting a > > near 10-year high. Paradoxically, Britain is a big oil producer > itself. > > Blair did not invoke emergency powers, which would reserve fuel for > essential services, but said the powers were there if they were > needed. > Nearly all of Shell"s UK filling stations ran out of fuel and > Britain"s > five leading oil companies all said that between half and all of their > > petrol stations had run out of fuel. "This is by far the worst crisis > we"ve had in 25 years. The government has to step in immediately," > said > a motoring organization, the Royal Automobile Club (RAC). > > Panic buying swept Britain, draining the few remaining supplies of > fuel. > > In the worst hit areas, rubbish went uncollected and hospitals > canceled > non-emergency services. > > "Whatever the strength of feeling there can be no excuse > whatever for this type of action which is hurting our people, > businesses > > and emergency services severely," Blair told a news conference after > cutting short a visit to northern England. "Legitimate protest is one > thing, trying to bring the country to a halt is quite another," he > said, > > adding that he hoped the situation would be on the way back to normal > within 24 hours. > > > Dutch truckers staged wildcat blockades to stop traffic on motorways > around Amsterdam and Rotterdam. About 60 taxi drivers forced a traffic > > slowdown on motorways around Amsterdam. The BBC, monitored in London, > quoted a Polish radio report that hauliers and fishermen were > considering blockades against fuel depots, refineries and ports. > > Protests began in Germany and more were likely in Spain and > Ireland. Although crude oil prices dropped more than $1.30 a barrel, > oil > > traders warned that market fundamentals pointed to continuing high > prices in spite of an OPEC pledge to increase production. > > Over 200 German truck, bus and taxi drivers drove in convoy at > Saarbrucken, close to the border with France, where protests first > flared > and where the government conceded fuel tax cuts. > > Belgian truckers mounted a third day of blockades, vowing to stay put > for weeks unless the government met their demands. The blockade of key > > streets leading to Brussels" historic center widened and blockades > were > also set up in the southern cities of Charleroi and Nivelles. "One > week, > > 15 days, three weeks -- no problem," said trucker Jean Bury. > > Irish lorry drivers vowed to take action from Friday if their demands > were not met. > > Angry Spanish farmers were Tuesday planning a series of protests after > > talks with the Madrid government failed to reach a deal on how to > compensate them for rising transport costs. > > The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries decided > Sunday to raise output by 800,000 barrels per day. European Union > foreign ministers said Tuesday that OPEC"s latest output increase > should > > help stabilize world oil prices. The bloc"s transport ministers said > they would meet next week to discuss the impact of high prices. > > > "Governments should negotiate with OPEC to reduce the price of crude > oil. If they cannot do so then fuel taxes must be reduced to > compensate > the public," leading European motoring organizations said after a > meeting in Brussels. Benchmark Brent futures were down $1.32 at $32.30 > > per barrel at 1755 GMT, but traders said it was too early to suggest > the > > market was turning bearish. > > -- "The moment the idea is admitted into society that property is not as sacred as the law of God, and that there is not a force of law and public justice to protect it, anarchy and tyranny commence." -- John Adams <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. 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