Virgil, stop smoking whatever you are smoking and start reading more... <g>
>From http://www.iags.org/futureofoil.html : " From now to 2020, world oil consumption will rise by about 60%. Transportation will be the fastest growing oil-consuming sector. By 2025, the number of cars will increase to well over 1.25 billion from approximately 700 million today. Global consumption of gasoline could double. The two countries with the highest rate of growth in oil use are China and India, whose combined populations account for a third of humanity. In the next two decades, China's oil consumption is expected to grow at a rate of 7.5% per year and India's 5.5%. (Compare to a 1% growth for the industrialized countries). It will be strategically imperative for these countries to secure their access to oil. " (...) Of the trillion barrels currently estimated, 6% are in North America, 9% in Central and Latin America, 2% in Europe, 4% in Asia Pacific, 7% in Africa, 6% in the Former Soviet Union. Today, 66% of global oil reserves are in the hands of Middle Eastern regimes: Saudi Arabia<http://www.iags.org/saudi.html>(25%), Iraq <http://www.iags.org/iraq.html> (11%), Iran<http://www.iags.org/iran.html>(8%), UAE <http://www.iags.org/uae.html> (9%), Kuwait<http://www.iags.org/kuwait.html>(9%), and Libya <http://www.iags.org/libya.html> (2%). (...) " (...) Projecting 2001 production levels, by 2020 83% of global oil reserves will be controlled by Middle Eastern regimes. (...)" *** *Additional suggested reading: *The Grand Chessboard: American Primacy and Its Geostrategic Imperatives (Paperback) <http://tinyurl.com/yxk793> *by Zbigniew Brzezinski<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zbigniew_Brzezinski> On 11/24/06, Virgil Bierschwale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > There is a LOT of oil in africa, so that blows the hell out of your > statement. > I worked in gabon when I was 17, back in 75 or so and they're still going > strong.. > > There also is a lot of oil in the north sea and other places around the > world. > > Anybody that thinks this is only about oil, needs to quit smoking whatever > they're smoking. > > > Virgil Bierschwale > http://www.tccutlery.com > http://www.bierschwalesolutions.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Jean Laeremans > Sent: Friday, November 24, 2006 10:07 AM > To: ProFox Email List > Subject: Re: [OT] Do you think McCain is right? > > On 11/24/06, Robert Calco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Just wondering how much interest the US would have in the ME if we could > take out oil out of the equation..after all who cares about Africa > nowadays, > apart from the Chinese that is. > > As far as mercenaries are concerned there are about 30,000 ~50,000 of > those > in Iraq right now. > Something the US gov. probably learned from the French as it keeps the > casualties in the regular army down. > > A+ > jml > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
