"N2EY" wrote in message
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(Steve Robeson, K4CAP) wrote in message
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(N2EY) wrote in message
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Does anyone have a realistic estimate of how much it will cost and how
long it
will take to develop Russian oil to the point where it undercuts crude
from the
Middle East in total production cost? (drilling, pumping,
infrastructure,
transportation, refining)?
So, rather than spend the bucks and get it done, we continue to
hang our hats on the Arab's bedposts until all of THAT oil is gone,
THEN go looking?
Not at all! If nothing else, economic development of that area will
help stabilize their political situation.
As well as the rest of the world's.
But we must dispel ourselves of the idea that there's a quick, cheap
and easy fix.
Uh, any fix at all...don't think there is one--the Middle East is the
never-ending problem.
And you might want to look up just how much oil the USA imports from
the Middle East. It's not as much as many people think.
That's a part of the never-ending problem.
Besides...Russians and Americans are closer in social and
geopolitical ideologies than Americans and those folks in the Middle
East and SW Asia...
In other words, we should trust the Russians?
I trust them more. I never did foresee a nuclear war between us.
I always thought that the biggest danger was that a war would start by
mistake rather than intent.
Absolutely.
That doesn't mean the Soviets never wanted to take over, just that
they never wanted to take over a burnt out radioactive cinder of a
world.
The true threat has been from some upstart trying to be the new kid
on the block or someone looking to drive a wedge between us and the
Russians.
Or somebody who didn't really care if they or their society survived
or not.
And that threat will nearly never go away. Despite prophecies to the
contrary.
Then there's Ploesti.....
And I'm reading business books...Oi!
In the end, I say we need to focus on being self-sufficient for basic
necessities - and *all* of the changes needed to bring that about.
Energy supply is a basic necessity for an industrial society.
73 de Jim, N2EY
I believe this will happen...*someday*...and probably much longer than a few
of our lifetimes from now...
Kim W5TIT