Comments on: The Truth Behind The Oil Crisis http://www.imjustsharing.com/the-truth-behind-the-oil-crisis/ Social Media, Blogging, Writing, Affiliate Marketing and anything else that tickles my fancy. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:53:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Are We Victims Of The Energy Scam? | Top Finance Blog http://www.imjustsharing.com/the-truth-behind-the-oil-crisis/#comment-7519 Are We Victims Of The Energy Scam? | Top Finance Blog Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:43:31 +0000 http://www.imjustsharing.com/?p=88#comment-7519 [...] what happens reminds me of a post I wrote last year on my other blog on the oil crisis, or at least what this guy named Lindsey Williams had to say about it. He calls himself an insider [...] [...] what happens reminds me of a post I wrote last year on my other blog on the oil crisis, or at least what this guy named Lindsey Williams had to say about it. He calls himself an insider [...]

]]> By: Courtenay Barnett http://www.imjustsharing.com/the-truth-behind-the-oil-crisis/#comment-183 Courtenay Barnett Mon, 26 May 2008 14:38:11 +0000 http://www.imjustsharing.com/?p=88#comment-183 Another 1776 option here then?Or 1939? Another 1776 option here then?Or 1939?

]]> By: Mitch http://www.imjustsharing.com/the-truth-behind-the-oil-crisis/#comment-182 Mitch Mon, 26 May 2008 14:08:51 +0000 http://www.imjustsharing.com/?p=88#comment-182 That's true, Courtenay. Thing is, if the people who are in power are the ones who are also behind it, not much I'm afraid. That’s true, Courtenay. Thing is, if the people who are in power are the ones who are also behind it, not much I’m afraid.

]]> By: Courtenay Barnett http://www.imjustsharing.com/the-truth-behind-the-oil-crisis/#comment-181 Courtenay Barnett Mon, 26 May 2008 12:22:54 +0000 http://www.imjustsharing.com/?p=88#comment-181 Actually the truth Mitch, and not just because I wrote it - but what is to be done next - that is the challenge for all of us. Actually the truth Mitch, and not just because I wrote it – but what is to be done next – that is the challenge for all of us.

]]> By: Mitch http://www.imjustsharing.com/the-truth-behind-the-oil-crisis/#comment-178 Mitch Mon, 26 May 2008 02:09:20 +0000 http://www.imjustsharing.com/?p=88#comment-178 Thanks for the article, Courtenay. I truncated it and put a link to the rest of the article instead, as it was a bit long for just a comment. I hope people go to read it; fascinating stuff. Thanks for the article, Courtenay. I truncated it and put a link to the rest of the article instead, as it was a bit long for just a comment. I hope people go to read it; fascinating stuff.

]]> By: Courtenay Barnett http://www.imjustsharing.com/the-truth-behind-the-oil-crisis/#comment-173 Courtenay Barnett Sun, 25 May 2008 02:34:49 +0000 http://www.imjustsharing.com/?p=88#comment-173 Oil, conflict and the future of global energy supplies by Courtenay Barnett Global Research, January 22, 2006 globaljusticeonline.com Email this article to a friend Print this article “…I knew that I could not ever again raise my voice against the violence of the oppressed in the ghettos without having first spoken clearly to the greater purveyor of violence in the world: my own government.” Martin Luther King in his “Beyond Vietnam” April 4, 1967 speech. The Bush administration has chosen the path of unending war (not so much against terrorism) but by pursuing a path of energy acquisition reliant on aggression that stirs global reactions that lead to terrorism. Simple fact about oil: Fossil-based fuel is the world’s main source of energy, but an increasing source of global conflict. This article posits two main assumptions: (i) that global “peak oil” is fast approaching its optimum level, and (ii) that the Bush administration’s jingoism is directly correlated to US efforts at dominance over strategic oil supplies. The foregoing observations, if they are to be credibly substantiated, require us taking into account the following considerations: <font color="blue"><b>You can view the rest of this article <a href="http://www.countercurrents.org/po-barnett230106.htm" rel="nofollow"><font color="blue"><u>here</u></font></a></b></font> Oil, conflict and the future of global energy supplies

by Courtenay Barnett

Global Research, January 22, 2006
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“…I knew that I could not ever again raise my voice against the violence of the oppressed in the ghettos without having first spoken clearly to the greater purveyor of violence in the world: my own government.” Martin Luther King in his “Beyond Vietnam” April 4, 1967 speech.

The Bush administration has chosen the path of unending war (not so much against terrorism) but by pursuing a path of energy acquisition reliant on aggression that stirs global reactions that lead to terrorism.

Simple fact about oil:

Fossil-based fuel is the world’s main source of energy, but an increasing source of global conflict.

This article posits two main assumptions: (i) that global “peak oil” is fast approaching its optimum level, and (ii) that the Bush administration’s jingoism is directly correlated to US efforts at dominance over strategic oil supplies.

The foregoing observations, if they are to be credibly substantiated, require us taking into account the following considerations:

You can view the rest of this article here

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