Time to bring all the troops home and stop running this empire show. Shut down all those bases in the world which are there for the benefit of American multinational companies at the taxpayers expense. That way we can lower taxes for everyone which should make the righties happy though according to Ron Paul the GOP loves empire. And we could have single payer health care and maybe afford to scholarship folks who are really interested in medicine rather than a doctor's lifestyle.
Of course we know this won't happen due to the strong arming of the corporatists. So instead we'll be stuck living in something that resembles a science fiction nightmare. Hugo wrote: > Found this hidden away in the business section which is odd because I > can't think of anything that is more likely to affect everyone on Earth > more quickly and completely than the massive upheaval in all areas of > life that peak oil is going to bring. It wouldn't be so bad if > governments were preparing for it but they aren't. The UKs bunch of > hopeless tossers thinks that because we can get 85,ooo,ooo barrels out > of the ground today we will be able to do it for the forseeable future. > Even the Saudis are saying we need to get alternatives ready! And now > the US military speak up, it must be getting desperate. > > You'd think with an election in England the parties would have something > to say about it but the inevitable disaster for the world economy is > such that it's a lot easier to put your head in the sand and hope it > doesn't happen on your watch. Too late for that it would seem.... > > > US military warns oil output may dip causing massive shortages by 2015 > • Shortfall could reach 10m barrels a day, report says > • Cost of crude oil is predicted to top $100 a barrel > > * Terry Macalister > <http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/terrymacalister> > * guardian.co.uk <http://www.guardian.co.uk/> , Sunday 11 April 2010 > 18.47 BST > * Article history > <http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/apr/11/peak-oil-production-supp\ > ly#history-link-box> > [Total oil refinery] > Surplus oil production capacity could disappear by 2012 a report from US > Joint Forces Command, says. Photograph: Katja Buchholz/Getty Images > > > > The US military <http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/us-military> has > warned that surplus oil <http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/oil> > production capacity could disappear within two years and there could be > serious shortages by 2015 with a significant economic and political > impact. > > The energy crisis outlined in a Joint Operating Environment report from > the US Joint Forces Command, comes as the price of petrol in Britain > reaches record levels and the cost of crude is predicted to soon top > $100 a barrel. > > "By 2012, surplus oil production capacity could entirely disappear, and > as early as 2015, the shortfall in output could reach nearly 10 million > barrels per day," says the report, which has a foreword by a senior > commander, General James N Mattis. > > It adds: "While it is difficult to predict precisely what economic, > political, and strategic effects such a shortfall might produce, it > surely would reduce the prospects for growth in both the developing and > developed worlds. Such an economic slowdown would exacerbate other > unresolved tensions, push fragile and failing states further down the > path toward collapse, and perhaps have serious economic impact on both > China <http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/china> and India > <http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/india> ." > > The US military says its views cannot be taken as US government policy > but admits they are meant to provide the Joint Forces with "an > intellectual foundation upon which we will construct the concept to > guide out future force developments." > > The warning is the latest in a series from around the world that has > turned peak oil – the moment when demand exceeds supply – from a > distant threat to a more immediate risk. > > The Wicks Review on UK energy policy published last summer effectively > dismissed fears but Lord Hunt, the British energy minister, met > concerned industrialists two weeks ago > <http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/mar/21/peak-oil-summit> in a > sign that it is rapidly changing its mind on the seriousness of the > issue. > > The Paris-based International Energy Agency remains confident that there > is no short-term risk of oil shortages but privately some senior > officials have admitted there is considerable disagreement internally > about this upbeat stance. > > Future fuel supplies are of acute importance to the US army because it > is believed to be the biggest single user of petrol in the world. BP > <http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/bp> chief executive, Tony Hayward, > said recently that there was little chance of crude from the > carbon-heavy Canadian tar sands being banned in America because the US > military like to have local supplies rather than rely on the politically > unstable Middle East. > > But there are signs that the US Department of Energy might also be > changing its stance on peak oil. In a recent interview with French > newspaper, Le Monde, Glen Sweetnam, main oil adviser to the Obama > administration, admitted that "a chance exists that we may experience a > decline" of world liquid fuels production between 2011 and 2015 if the > investment was not forthcoming. > > Lionel Badal, a post-graduate student at Kings College, London, who has > been researching peak oil theories, said the review by the American > military moves the debate on. > > "It's surprising to see that the US Army, unlike the US Department of > Energy, publicly warns of major oil shortages in the near-term. Now it > could be interesting to know on which study the information is based > on," he said. > > "The Energy Information Administration (of the department of energy) has > been saying for years that Peak Oil was "decades away". In light of the > report from the US Joint Forces Command, is the EIA still confident of > its previous highly optimistic conclusions?" > > The Joint Operating Environment report paints a bleak picture of what > can happen on occasions when there is serious economic upheaval. "One > should not forget that the Great Depression spawned a number of > totalitarian regimes that sought economic prosperity for their nations > by ruthless conquest," it points out. > > From: > > http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/apr/11/peak-oil-production-suppl\ > y > <http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/apr/11/peak-oil-production-supp\ > ly> > > > ------------------------------------ To subscribe, send a message to: fairfieldlife-subscr...@yahoogroups.com Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!'Yahoo! 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